A small ivory comb dating to about 1700 BCE was found with engraved with a hopeful spell against the wingless insect that like to infest human hair ... [Related: What ancient graves can teach ...

Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating ... of head lice on the comb. The inscription translates to: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard." ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some ... The inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards to rid themselves of lice.

Archaeologists from Israel have discovered an ancient comb that has ... The 3,700-year-old comb's inscription tells people to comb their hair and beards to get rid of lice, The Associated Press ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some ... The inscription encourages people to comb their hair and beards to rid themselves of lice.

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence ... “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.” ...

Scientists just discovered the oldest known sentence written in this first alphabet on an ancient ivory ... from people’s hair and beards. Archaeologists excavated the comb in Israel in 2016 ...

an ancient region that includes present-day Iraq. Measuring 3.5 by 2.5 centimeters, the small comb includes more than a dozen fine teeth on one side, which were used to extract lice from the hair ...

Archaeologists near Cambridge, England, have identified a 2,000-year-old comb made from a portion of a human skull. Dating to the Iron Age, the hair-raising discovery offers insight into how ...