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| My grandparents and me on graduation night. Look at their glistening noggins! |
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| My dad with his lovely baldness, again on graduation night. |
Julius Caesar, the man himself, was also a baldy. In 1991, a team of tonsorial (which means of or relating to hair-dressing) anthropologists, using the handy methods of isotopes and electronic microscopy, created a computer-enhanced picture of Caesar's hairline. Dr. Emmeline Granger, the project head at U.C Twentynine Palms said that she was shocked that Julius Caesar was so bald that "the total absence of follicle apertures...seemed more consistent with granite than with human scalp structure." In fact, Julius might have worn his famous Laurel wreaths to cover his baldness. Rather than use Rogaine, he also concocted a mixture of mice, horse teeth, bear grease, and deer to put on his head. He also is credited to the pioneering of the ever-beautiful comb-over. Who knew my family had so much in common with this great figure of Roman history?
While this is not the first thing I would have thought about to connect ancient Rome to the people of today, I suppose that you still did find a link. Interesting how you included that information about the laurel wreath potentially being the cover-up for Julius Caesar's baldness! I actually did not know about this condition before reading your post. You learn something every day, weird or not. I still wouldn't want that nasty junk on my head though. Mashed up mice, horse teeth, bear grease, and deer? I'd pass, but I wonder how I would feel if I was balding...
ReplyDeleteHahaaaa loved your post! You're hilarious. Seriously, though--who knew! Our famous Caesar, a baldy? Crazy. How interesting that even back then people were doing all sorts of stuff to cover it up, too! I guess hair has always been not only the norm but also a contributor to attractiveness and...what, prestige? But as my bald senior year seminary teacher would say, "God only made a few perfect heads, and the rest He covered with hair."
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