Grenoble - France is to hand over to Egypt a lock of hair said to belong to the mummy of Ramses II that was put on sale on the internet last year, said French officials on Monday.

Egyptian diplomats made a formal request last week to recover the hair, which was seized by French police after going on sale in November, according to the prosecutor's office in the eastern city of Grenoble in France.

Tiny fragments of hair, embalming resin and bandages allegedly taken from the mummy of Ramses II came to light after they were put on sale in an internet advert - provoking outrage among the authorities in Egypt.

Fell from its shroud

The seller, a 50-year-old Frenchman, claimed the lot belonged to his father who was part of a team of scientists who analysed the royal mummy when it was sent to France in 1976 for electromagnetic treatment against decay.

Silver Hair Legislature incumbent runs unopposed

Leavenworth County's representative on the Silver Hair Legislature doesn't have to worry about his seat in next month's elections— he's already in.The filing date came and passed last week with the current representative, Michael Keohane, as the only candidate.The Silver Hair Legislature is a group of 125 elected citizens older than 60 who serve as lobbyists for issues that concern Kansas senior citizens. The state is split up into districts and if there is more than one person running, an election is held. Elections are held every other year, and representatives serve a two-year term.

Spearmint May Curb Excess Hair In Women

Drinking spearmint tea may spur an hormonal shift that helps women curb unwanted hair (hirsutism), a Turkish study shows.

If confirmed in other studies, spearmint may become an alternative to
hormonal treatments for the condition, write the researchers at Suleyman
Demirel University's medical school in Isparta, Turkey.

Mehmet Akdogan and colleagues studied 21 hirsute women seen at their
endocrinology clinic.

Twelve of the women had polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal condition that often involves hirsutism. The cause of the hirsutism was unclear in the other nine women.

The researchers asked the women to drink spearmint tea twice a day for five
days. The tea was brewed by pouring boiling water over a heaping teaspoon of
dried spearmint leaves.