Yeah there is none because both the somalis recorded use and the ancient egyptians predate any other sourced written mention of kuul. We can't say who learnt from whom since it's likely it was common at that time among everyone in desert habitats.X.Playa wrote: Wed Oct 04, 2017 11:18 am No there is no evidence that the Somali learned this habit from the Egyptians. The Somali nomads never used this powder. It was coastal women who used Kuxul.
Even though the ancient egyptians are the oldest mention i would never say the were the first but rather the oldest we know of.
Somalia did trade kuul with them, you can look it up.
And on the kuul as a necklace: I've read somewhere somali women would carry their indha-kuul in a necklace and apply it throughout their day hence the name. So somalis named it after a NECKLACE. Since the african desert is much hotter than the levnant it would make sense if they were the originators of kuul and brought it overseas. The then arabs afterwards took the name and named the actual mineral kuxul instead....
Wow, that makes sense. etymology man. A beautiful thing.
