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OCR: A comb isa toothed strip of rigid material for arranging the hair or for keeping it in place. The oldest known comb dates from 8000 BC.it was found in Scandinavia and had been made from a deer antler. Teeth had then been cut into it. TIME Early combs were used not only groom the hair but also to remove fleas and lice from it. Beautiful carved combs exist from the ancient Egyptian Assyrian MAP and Greek civilisations from as early as 2500 BC as also do heated curling tongs. Celtic men from Northern Europe in the period 500 BC to 100 AD used combs to swe ep back their hair to give it the appearance of a horse mane Women in ancient Rome twisted their hair into ringlets around heated hollow tubes TOPIC and then fixed their hair in place with combs made of gold and other precious materia Is COM ...