Egyptians know how to use hair gel from 3500 years ago

3,500 years ago, the ancient Egyptians often used hair clippers to style their hair every day.

It was the result of a study by archaeologists from the KNH Egyptian Biomedical Center at the University of Manchester after conducting research on mummies between 2,300 and 3,500 years ago excavated. at the Roman grave site at Dakhleh Oasis in the western desert region.

After 3000 years, the mummy's hair remains the same
glutinous sticky hair is derived from fat. (Source: Daily Mail)

This study has shown that since ancient times (more than 3000 years ago), Egyptians have formed a sense of fashion for hair by producing a kind of fat-derived product to style. for hair. They used this product to style both short hair and long hair, curling the hair with tongs and even plucking that product into straight hair sections to make the braid longer.

Using light and electron microscopes, scientists discovered that in 18 mummies studied, up to 9 mummies were applied to a hair mixture of fat and results were given. made sure that the mixture was a beauty product.

Research results from a few artificially preserved mummies show that the ancient Egyptians also used hair claws to prepare for their lives in the afterlife. Not only that, the type of beauty mixture found in mummies preserved naturally by dry sand indicates that the ancient Egyptians also used them in their daily lives.

Oddly enough, even for mummified, mummified mummies, these mummies don't have plastic or embalming materials, which shows us that the hair is completely styled. distinct from the process of embalming.

Further studies of this material by mass spectrometry and chromatography have shown that this beauty compound contains palmitic acid and stearic acid.

Dr McCreesh, 29, head of the research group who is now a lecturer in audiology at the University of Manchester, said: 'Although this study could not identify an animal or a true hair claw but the ability of animals is still higher. '

She added: "Ancient Egyptians used fat products like the hairs we use today. And that is evidenced by the incredible similarities. We We all know that the paintings on the tombs with plastic applicators are placed on the head of ancient Egypt, and they are thought to be made of fat and aromatic resins, so when we determine Some of the mummies' hair is a bit like that. And as a result, we found a type of fat used for hair styling. "

"There are a lot of hairstyles and haircuts, some mummies have beautiful curls. By microscope we can see the fats that have been specially used on curly hair to keep them. Just like what people do today, one of the mummies with pretty short hair made us kidnap her to look like a Marilyn Monroe. Some others have slightly longer curly hair like women. singer Rihanna, some younger men, split their hair into separate parts and pinned it down with a hair conditioner, " said Dr. McCreesh.

"The remaining 9 mummies are so much smeared with the amount of fat used to style the hair, so we can't know for sure whether that number is used or not, just like today, " Dr. said . Some people like it, they use it, others don't, some of the mummies are preserved naturally so we can determine that the ancient Egyptians used hair balm in their daily lives. It is possible that those who are able to use this product are not the poorest, but one thing is certain that this glue is not only restricted to Pharaons or the elite, but also all. The common people can use it, this is absolutely wonderful, you can imagine in society Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, people knew how to take care of their hair and make it curling like what we can do today, the type of hair conditioner found to contain fatty acids including palmitic acid and stearic acid, but It is hoped that further scientific research can help us determine the exact composition of the substances used to make this type of cosmetics. '