The Origin & History of Soap | Chagrin Valley Soap - Ida's ...
A soap-like material found in clay cylinders during the excavation of Babylon a city in ancient Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is evidence that soapmaking was known as early as 2800 B.C. Inscriptions on the cylinders say that fats were boiled with wood ashes, a soap-making …