Ancient Egyptian Hair



(photo courtesty of NY Public Library)

Above is an Ancient Egyptian wig made of human hair
attached to a net -- 18th Dynasty Egypt

(from Egyptology:  Hanging in the Hair --
www.homestead.com/wysinger/hair2.html)

The wig is for a lady, in the style of the
18th Dynasty, BC 1400. 

Also shown is a wig box made of kash or
writing reeds, discovered in a tomb at
Thebes.

We were wigging it
back then too!

And here's another ancient
Egyptian wig:



(courtesy of Royal Ontario Museum -
 Canada)

 

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