Asbestos Used in Ancient Egypt

The use of asbestos dates back more that 3,000 years. Evidence of its use in pottery and in the insulation of log cabin homes was found in archeological excavations in what is now present-day Finland.

The Ancient Egyptians also used asbestos to improve durability in their clothes, and to embalm the pharaohs.

The Ancient Persian civilization imported asbestos from India for wrapping their dead. They believed asbestos to be hair from a small mythical animal that lived by fire and died by water.