Archeologists discover Egyptian mummies styled with fatty hair gel
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 13:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- While it has long been known that the ancient Egyptians prettied up those deemed worthy of mummification, not so clear was what was done for the hair. Now, archeologist s working out of the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, University of Manchester, have discovered that to keep hair looking good in the afterlife, a type of fat based hair gel was applied. They team has published the results of their analysis of the hair gel in the Journal of Archaeological Science.