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The First Evidence of 'Head Cones' Found in 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb
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| Owen Jarus
Posted on 12/12/2019 11:31:32 AM PST by BenLurkin
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12/12/2019 11:31:32 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
Did you cover this topic already?
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12/12/2019 11:31:56 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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12/12/2019 11:32:59 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
In before Dan Akroyd makes an appearance.
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12/12/2019 11:34:12 AM PST
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bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/12/2019 11:34:48 AM PST
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bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: bramps
In before Dan Akroyd makes an appearance.
To: bramps
14 seconds. That’s cutting it real close.
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12/12/2019 11:43:37 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
I almost took a second look before posting. And the entire effect would have been ruined.
...I really need to get a life.
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12/12/2019 11:48:36 AM PST
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bramps
(It's the Islam, stupid!)
To: BenLurkin
I miss the Dan Akroyd/Steve Martin days.
(Reminiscing)
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12/12/2019 12:34:03 PM PST
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logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: BenLurkin
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12/12/2019 12:35:00 PM PST
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rfp1234
(All hail President Fartwell.)
To: BenLurkin
Spwculation:
Elaborate hair styles, including curls, might have been time-consuming/expensive. Wax head cones would melt in the heat and coat the hair to preserve the styling, like hairspray.
Fragrance dissipates over short periods of time, so lack of fragrance isn’t definitive. Unguents (animal fat/lanolin) would have melted too quickly for any class of society in near-equatorial heat and in any event, would need wax added to hold any shape in that climate. Not to say wax and unguent couldn’t have been mixed together as they are in Chapstick.
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12/12/2019 12:52:15 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Thanks BenLurkin. Not sure whether it's been covered or not, I'm throwing caution the winds! ;^)
One of *those* topics.
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12/12/2019 12:52:27 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
Have they found any sense-o-rings?
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12/12/2019 12:53:47 PM PST
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Spruce
To: reformedliberal
The function of the head cones has been well known for ages. The Egyptians all wore wigs because they found it impossible to keep their real hair clean. In fact, they considered body hair of any type on an adult to be unsanitary and unseemly. At the same time, they found it just as difficult to keep the wigs clean. Instead, what they did was pile cones of soft wax infused with perfume on top of the wig. Their body heat would keep the wax continuously melting and perfuming the wig to mask any unpleasant odor.
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12/12/2019 1:05:32 PM PST
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PUGACHEV
(Pires)
To: BenLurkin
Anyone who served in the military in the days of starched covers knows the joy that those wax head pieces must have been in the summer.
And, side note...
In all the wall murals, ancient Egyptian women are hotties.
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12/12/2019 1:05:45 PM PST
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: BenLurkin
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12/12/2019 1:10:57 PM PST
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Fresh Wind
(The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe they were early kippahs or yarmulkes.
To: PUGACHEV
That sort of thing was also true in American colonial times.
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12/12/2019 3:52:40 PM PST
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GingisK
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