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the answer is "gold"gold
The Egyptians covered their fingernails and toenails with gold.
gold
they did it so they are ready for the next life
Onycho- is the root word prefix relating to fingernails and toenails.
The toenails grow slower than the fingernails.
Gold.
Mummy fingernails and toenails were often covered with a reddish-orange cosmetic substance called henna. This practice was common in ancient Egypt and served both cosmetic and symbolic purposes in the mummification process.
if you wash your hands a lot, fingernails
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My toenails definitely grow faster than my fingernails. I must be one of the unusual people in this world because everything I read sayd that fingernails grow faster. I know for a fact that my toenails grow faster, but I have no idea why. I wish my fingernails would grow as fast as my toenails! I don't think that toenails grow faster than fingernails, it's that toenails tend to be stronger so they don't break as easily. That's why it seems to some people that their toenails are growing faster than their fingernails; Fingernails are more susceptible to breakage because they are thinner.
The finger and toe nails were painted with gold.