The Canaanite comb is inscribed with a warning for tiny lice—the oldest written sentence discovered in the language.

Experts say no-lice policies — and in-school lice checks in which a nurse or other adult combs an entire class for bugs — don’t actually stop the spread of lice, and are especially ...

An engraving on an ancient lice comb is potentially the oldest known sentence written using an alphabet. The ivory comb bears a sentence in an early Canaanite script, estimated to date back almost ...

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.

Ivory lice comb – a dating head-scratcher – may hold earliest Canaanite sentence With a paucity of contemporary Bronze Age examples for comparison, scholars believe relatable 7-word ...

African Americans are less likely than others to get head lice but definitely aren’t immune. Clearing up the myth is the first step toward prevention and treatment.By Brian VinesWhen I was in gra ...

Other lice combs have been found at Lachish and throughout Canaan. Twenty were found in a just one Middle Bronze Age cemetery in Jericho, made of wood.

This is louse-y. A hairdresser shocked social media users with a now-viral video showing a client’s massive lice infestation.

That suggests that the comb’s owner was a wealthy individual. Their money could buy fancy things, but not even wealth could save them from the scourge of head lice, no matter how fancy the comb is.

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.