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On the history of toothpaste. Duhigg C (2012). "Chapter 2: The Craving Brain: How to Create New Habits: Part I". The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1400069286. OCLC 731918383. On the history of the marketing of toothpaste. Loveren, Cornelis van (2013). Toothpastes. Monographs in Oral ...
Watercolor paper — Painting on Papyrus was invented in Ancient Egypt long before the invention of Paper. Hieroglyphs: ankh, basket, Eye of Horus, Sun Disk-(Gard. N5) Synthetic pigment — The first known synthetic pigment was Egyptian blue, which is first attested on an alabaster bowl in Egypt dated to Naqada III (circa 3250 BC).
The earliest chew sticks have been dated to Babylonia in 3500 BCE [3] and an Egyptian tomb from 3000 BCE; [2] they are mentioned in Chinese records dating from 1600 BCE [3] In the Ayurvedas around 4th century BCE and in Tipitaka, in the Buddhist Canon around the 5th century BCE in India. [4] [5]
The miswak is a teeth-cleaning twig made from the Salvadora persica tree. The miswak's properties have been described thus: "Apart from their antibacterial activity which may help control the formation and activity of dental plaque, they can be used effectively as a natural toothbrush for teeth cleaning.
c. 2600 BC – Imhotep the priest-physician who was later deified as the Egyptian god of medicine. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 2500 BC – Iry Egyptian inscription speaks of Iry as eye-doctor of the palace, palace physician of the belly, guardian of the royal bowels, and he who prepares the important medicine (name cannot be translated) and knows the inner ...
The history of Egypt has been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile River with its fertile banks and delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was unknown until Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone .
A man brushing his teeth while looking in a mirror. Tooth brushing is the act of scrubbing teeth with a toothbrush equipped with toothpaste.Interdental cleaning (with floss or an interdental brush) can be useful with tooth brushing, and together these two activities are the primary means of cleaning teeth, one of the main aspects of oral hygiene. [1]
The extent of the Indus Valley Civilisation. This list of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilisation lists the technological and civilisational achievements of the Indus Valley Civilisation, an ancient civilisation which flourished in the Bronze Age around the general region of the Indus River and Ghaggar-Hakra River in what is today Pakistan and northwestern India.