My day was made considerably brighter for my discovery that the sentence: May this tusk root out the lice of the hair hair and the beard, is the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet on a ancient comb - dating from around 1700 BC. It's somehow reassuring to think that our ancestors were deeply concerned with the grim business of trying to stay presentable in the face of all that life could find to throw at them just as we need to get ourselves ready to face the world. Also useful to bear in mind that for the most part we've triumphed over hair lice and have a much easier time in terms of keeping up a decent level of hygiene. There's a lot to be for some aspects of progress.
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