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Fake hair and wigs of ancient Egyptians

Fake hair and wigs of ancient Egyptians
 
Written by : Esraa EL Harery

The ancient Egyptians was able to impress all the world for decades of history in all fields , they create wonderful civilization full of mysteries and secrets cannot solve a lot of it till now in all fields like architecture , sculpture ,statues carving ,family and society, religious life , resurrection and immortality , also at cosmetics , etc …

The ancient Egyptian people took care of their bodies , skins and hair so they created a new idea called wigs and Fake hair , women and men used to use it all the day as one of their accessories to be more elegant which developed through Egyptians kingdoms.

The views on walls of royal tombs and temples showed us that upper class of Egyptians wore wigs that made of natural hairs after shaving their head hair to be refresh and be able to face summer hot, also to be ensure personal cleanliness , Also they create different styles hair cut .

Archeologists found remains of honey wax used as hair spry to keep curly hair style ,they create an iron pointy tool look like (our modern Byblis) used to curl ends of wigs hair.

Women Statues of old kingdom shown us that wigs were made of different colors black and brown, as the statues for Princess (Ragi – Gi) king ( Jaser ) daughter's – preserved at (Turin ) museum , these wig consider the most unique wig return to old kingdom .

During the forth dynasty appeared a new design for wigs hair cut with hairy Louts crown as ( Hytib – Hyrs) wig which parting from middle as also shown in ( Nefirt ) the wife of ( Ra – Hutb).

Wigs were used for all ages including children except at new kingdom children didn’t use wigs till puberty as ( Ikhnatoon daughters )
Old ladies wore the triple wig with extra volume ,reaches up to the shoulders to cover neck and ears , wigs of royal women court made of golden threads as shown at ( third Tohoutmos ) wife.

Ancient Egyptians created wonderful wigs with different styles which inspired modern hair cuts from it till now …
 
 
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