oftenly used by mixing goat fat and ashes
animal fat
Why did they use papyrus instead of PAPER? It's all they had.
a slate
soap
Yes, you can use Dawn instead of Castile soap for this cleaning task.
olives
olives
ancient greek is the smallest place on earth.
Tavern comes from the Latin word, "taverna". It is unique to Latin, rather than originating in ancient Greek. Interestingly, however, the modern Greek language does use the word "taverna", but it was incorporated into modern Greek from Latin (and Romance languages) instead of having been derived from ancient Greek.
Olive OilThey used oils, and then scraped the oil off after their bath using a scraper made of metal or bone.
All soap kills germs -- that's why we use soap instead of just rinsing off with plain water.
Ancient Egyptians bathed regularly and combined animal and vegetable oils with alkaline salts to create a soap-like substance.