Re: Ancient Egyptians, oil & skin scraping

When I was younger, I studied ancient cultures.

I know that (at the very least) the ancient Mesopotamians, Phoenetians, Greeks &
Romans are known to all have used oil scraping (Romans are known to have done it at least weekly) for health and cleanliness reasons, not necessarily beautification purposes. Romans also would swish oil around their mouths, spit it out and then use sticks to "brush their teeth" afterward for "mouth cleanliness."

Some museums with large collections of ephemora have oil scrapers on display. I've seen them on display in Rome, Paris, London and NYC. There's still a lot that was known in those cultures that we're (re)discovering today, since so much knowledge was lost as the ancient libraries were destroyed.

I was going to post earlier but kept forgetting.

Hope this helps.

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