Thursday, March 20, 2014

Hair Hoppers of Antiquity, No. 3


Meet Ptolemy Jherimanicus.  He was a scribe in the Temple of Isis and a part-time cosmetologist.  It's a little-known fact that that same chemicals that produced his luxurious curls were used in the process of mummification.  Which explains a lot.
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3 comments:

  1. BillMarch 20, 2014 at 2:40 PM

    I had no idea that Margaret Keane had traced Blythe's ancestry all the way back to Classical Antiquity.

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  2. JonMarch 20, 2014 at 6:50 PM

    I am surprised no-one has mentioned The Tomb of the Hairdressers yet. Jx

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  3. normadesmondMarch 20, 2014 at 10:51 PM

    i was his assistant & used to wrap THAT perm.
    those tiny stone rods were a nightmare!

    and believe me,
    you don't want to know
    what we neutralized it with.

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