Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
Servants Were Covered in Honey to Attract Flies

Everyone can attest one of the most annoying things is when a pesky fly keeps circling you, buzzing in your ear, and won't leave you alone. Egyptian pharaohs were no strangers to this but came up with a solution, albeit a strange and slightly gross one. In order to keep the flies and other bugs away from the Pharaoh, his servants would have to slather themselves in honey. This would draw all the bugs towards the servants and away from their ruler.

This sticky solution worked but must've absolutely sucked. The servants were probably sticky for days, and showers, as you know them today, were not a thing.