All Inclusive Vacation Trips - A History of the Head Lice Comb

And here is a brief history of lice combs, there is evidence of this all over the world. For centuries and even thousands of years people have had head lice and they have been using them since the beginning of times. Well think twice, if you think that the head lice comb is a modern invention.

A carved ivory lice comb dating from the Persian period was found in Israel. In the 6th century BC. Containing items and among them many ivory combs, have been found in Iberia (now Spain). Hundreds of tombs dating from the period from 3000 to 2000 BC. Head lice combs with very fine and tightened teeth were found in Egyptian tombs. In 3000 BC. Combs were discovered among the objects left in tombs belonging to the first Egyptian dynasty (3150 BC). Or wood, the oldest combs were made of bone and ivory. About 9 500-12 500 BC, it is estimated that the emergence of head lice combs coincides with the invention of the regular comb.

A wooden comb with very thin teeth covered with mud deposits containing lice was discovered, near Rotterdam, in Germany also during the same period. Another wooden comb from the same period was found in Northern England and contained fragments of lice. It contained 10 adult lice and 5 dried nits, a wooden comb from this period was found in the Negev desert. And the 2nd century AD there were several more discoveries. Between the 1st century BC.

It is currently at the British Museum in London. And coarse teeth) was also found during this period, consisting of 2 sides (tiny teeth, a comb in walrus ivory. This means that the trade of these anti lice combs happened on a large scale. Made of the same wood were found in Russia, the same combs. In the 11th century several combs with fine teeth were found in the wreckage of a sunken ship near the Turkish coast.

Made of wood, and among the objects that were still on board we could find head lice combs with very fine teeth, he was found and brought to the surface in 1982. Then sank in 1545, the Mary Rose was built between the year 1509 and year 1511, the ship of King Henry VIII. Its main cargo consisted of ceramic and hazelnuts, this boat used to trade with North Africa. Sank in the late 13th century in Catalonia (now Spain), one more comb with fine teeth was found in the wreckage of the boat Culip IV.

In the 18th century a head lice comb made of bone and some human hair were found in a pit at Canterbury (England). Sank in the middle of the 17th century, several combs with very fine teeth were found in the wreckage of the Spanish boat to Bermuda Stone Wall.

Nowadays such a comb is made of metal or other materials and it remains the essential tool in everyone's battle against head lice. Very often, head lice combs became very popular and we can find combs dating from this period in many parts of the globe, from the 18th century.