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Daily Life-Body Adornment

                    Daily Life-Body Adornment

Cici Nesbeth

Regular Clothes

  • Ancient Egyptians wore a light fabric called linen.
  • Men wore clothes around there waist a plain simple white shirt.
  • Women wore long skirts are sleeveless dresses with a square used as a shawl.
  • Wealthy Egyptians wore the same style but different fabric and colors.
  • Women Used pleats to decorate their clothes.
  • Jewelry
  • Ancient Egyptians wore gold or yellow garments
  • Men and Women wore jewelry for style and to scare of spirts.
  • They used things such as amulets to protect them from harm
  • They used expensive stone such as turquoise to make jewelry
  • Many Egyptians wore earrings, collars, pectors, rings, bracelets, armbands, and anklets
  • Hair Care
  • Egyptians paid great attention to hair
  • Some Egyptians dyed their with henna
  • Others cut their hair really short
  • The wealthy had wigs made out of human hair
  • Some Egyptians put cones of animal fat to make their hair smell good
  • Cosmetics
  • Both men and women used cosmetics for their faces
  • Egyptians used perfumed oils to smell good and to protect them from the sun
  • They colored their eye lids with green malachite. Just like today’s eye shadow.
  • Ancient Egyptian outlined their eyes with black kohl. Just like today’s eyeliner.
  • Ancient Egyptian out lined their eyes for beauty and as a symbol of power.

 

 

EgyptianClothing make up

Citations:

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Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University. http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EG2YPT/daily.html.09/16/15