Ancient Egyptian clothes refers to clothing worn in ancient Egypt from the end of the Neolithic period (prior to 3100 BC) to the collapse of the Ptolemaic Kingdom with the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC.
Linen is the most common fabrics that described ancient Egypt’s clothing was the most popular fabric. It helped people to be cooler in the subtropical heat that was about. Linen is made from the flax plant by spinning the fibers from the stem of the plant. Spinning, weaving, and sewing was a very important way for all Egyptian societies. It was possible to normalize vegetable dyes on clothes, but mostly they left the clothes in their natural color. Wool was also known, but it was considered impure. Only the wealthy wore the animal fibers that were the subject of taboos. It was sometimes used for women’s coats but was forbidden in temples and holy places.
Workers, peasants, and other people of modest social status wore nothing at all times but wore Shinta (made of linen) by all people. Slaves were often working naked, The most common head covering was also considered khat or herbal, a striped cloth is worn by men.
During the Old, Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom eras, mostly ancient Egyptian women wore an easy dress described as kalasiris. Women’s clothing in ancient Egypt was more conservative than men’s clothing, as dresses were fixed by one or two straps and worn to the ankle, while the upper edge could be fixed to the top of the breasts, the length of the dress was considered an indication of the social class of the wearer. She used beading or feathers as well to play her role in dress decoration during the dress, women would choose to wear shawls, capes, or robes. The shawl was a fine linen cloth about 4 feet wide by 13 or 14 feet long. Where it was worn mostly pleated.
Wigs Wigs played a major role in the fashion of the ancient Egyptians, especially the kings and rulers of Egypt and the wealthy of them and of both sexes, as it had more than one method of making it, it was made from human hair sometimes and again it could be supplemented with date palm fibers, and it is often designed in narrow curls and narrow braids. It was worn by women and men on special occasions, and both men and women can top the wigs with cones of scented fat that melt to free the smell of perfume and hairdressing.
On the other hand, silver was rare and was shipped from Asia. Therefore, it was silver that was regularly considered more precious than gold. The eastern desert was also an essential source for colorful semi-precious stones such as carnelian, amethyst, and jasper. In the Sinai were turquoise mines, the deep blue lapis lazuli had to come from far-away Afghanistan. Glass and faience (glaze over a core of stone or sand) were favorites to replace rocks because they could be produced in several colors.
Cosmetics Embalming allowed the development of cosmetics and perfumes.[clarification needed] The perfumes of Egypt were the most numerous, but also the most sought and the costliest of antiquity, which used them extensively. The Egyptians used makeup most of all the ancient people. Nails and hands were painted with henna. A lot of artifacts used in preserving cosmetics are displayed in the Egyptian Museum especially by the collection of the famous King Tutankhamen, you can see them during the regular Egyptian Museum tour.
The results, published by the American Chemical Society in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry, showed that the use of lead in composition was intended. Where the results indicate that lead in combination with the salts that the body produces naturally produces nitric oxide which enhances the immune system. It is believed that production and results were deliberate by the ancient Egyptians. Increased immunity can help prevent eye infections.
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