This ancient Canaanite comb is engraved with a plea against lice
Between the teeth, researchers found the remains of a louse
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Carved into this ivory comb, dating to 1,700 B.C., is a sentence warding off lice that’s written in the early language of the ancient Canaanites, a new study finds.
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