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.
Citations:
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http://www.historyforkids.net/images/EgyptianClothing1.jpg.9/16/15.WEB
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Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University. http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EG2YPT/daily.html.09/16/15