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> how they cleaned themselves after that Water (bath), wash cloth or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil
by tpm 1y ago
> how they cleaned themselves after that
Water (bath), wash cloth or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigil
- adrian_b 1y agoNone of those looks effective by itself for not leaving greasy the hands and the rest of the skin. For thorough washing of clothes and other objects they were using lye, but lye would be too harsh for skin. Perhaps they were first using earth to absorb most of the oil, which was then removed with the strigil, followed by washing with water.
- tpm 1y agoThey could have been using some sort of soap too, we don't really know.