News — History of Soap

Photo compliments from Polina Kovaleva   Each time you hold a piece of soap in your hands, you may just be holding an artifact developed from a technique of production dating as far back in history as 2800BC. The History of Soap Making traces back to ancient Babylonians in 2800 BC whereby Archeologists have found soap-like material in historic clay cylinders. Markings on the clay crudely translated to “Fat Boiled with Ashes”. These primitive production methods went through a process of evolution, survived the rise and fall of Egypt, Greek and the Roman Empire, and were refined through the rigorous...