At Tebtunis public bathhouses have been excavated, the oldest
dating to the third century BCE. They had showers, stone basins
and a stove to heat the bathwater. While a few bathrooms and
tubs have been discovered most Egyptians seem to have been
content with cleaning themselves by aspersion or by a dip in a
canal or the river. They had wash basins and probably filled
them with a natron solution from jugs with spouts and used sand
as a scouring agent. They washed after rising and both before
and after the main meals. As mouth wash they used another salt
solution