Selasa, 06 September 2011

Tata Period of Ancient Egypt's Hair Gel Use


Hair gel was not only used by modern humans. Research scientists from the University of Manchester, was the hair gel has been used by ancient Egyptian society.

The research team studied the hair of 18 mummies in Egypt who lived about 3,500 to 2,500 years ago. Consisting of mummified male and female between the ages of 4 to38 years.

Samples taken from the mummy is not a pyramid. A total of 15 mummies from tombs in the desert and the other three of the mummies uyang taken from the museum.

To know the type of gel used, the researchers used gas chromatography to draw themolecule. Apparently, the gel was composed of fatty acids containing palmitic(components of a palm tree) and stearic (materials found in animal fats).

The research team said that hair gel is used to set the hair in accordance with the wishes of each. Yangdijadikan mummified human samples were not preserved orgetting treatment when he died.

Mummies who sampled it dries by itself because the heat of the desert. Thus, the researchers assumed tambut gel was also used people alive at that time.
Sources: physorg.com, nature.com

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