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.

The ancient bone comb, “dating from the Iron Age (750 BC – 43 AD), was found at Bar Hill, four miles (6.4km) northwest of Cambridge,” said the BBC. The comb was among 280,000 items collected ...

Israeli archaeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an articl… ...

Made of ivory, the pocket-sized comb measures less than 1.5 inches long (3.8 centimeters) and 1 inch (2.5 cm) tall. One side contained six teeth, which were likely used for untangling hair, while ...