Lice have plagued humankind throughout ... have crafted fine-tooth combs to hasten the job. Combs of wood, bone, and ivory have turned up at ancient sites in the Old World, but solid evidence ...

suggesting that it is a nit comb for getting rid of head lice. The comb shows a rare insight into the personal health issues facing the members of the Roman army of occupation in Scotland and the ...

For as long as humans have had lice, we’ve fought hard to get rid of them. Nit combs, the fine-tooth brushes used to remove lice and their sticky eggs, have been found among the anci ...

You might not have known this, but ancient Egypt was an itchy place to live. Lice were rampant. Cleopatra, for example, was buried with solid gold lice combs, while other Egyptians would shave ...

According to a new study, ancient Egypt suffered from Nile-born ... he found that 65% of the mummies had schistosomiasis, 40% ...