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11-08-2010, 07:01 PM #13
A few more (historic facts)
- Cave drawing from as early as 10,000 BC depict both men with clean-shaven faces and those with short beards.
- Ancient Egyptian barbers regularly shaved their clients with razors and pumice stones, as a beard was considered an indication of personal neglect.
- The straight cut-throat blade was introduced in the Middle Ages.
- Alexander the Great observed that beards could be easily grabbed by the enemy during battle and insisted his troops fight with clean-shaven faces.
- Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on beards, which was collected at every town gate.