Egyptian Clothing: Pharoahs to Commoners

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As in all ancient societies, Egyptian clothes are made from local ingredients. Idylic nomads made clothes from their livestock. As one of the earliest agricultural societies, ancient Egyptians were wearing light clothes made of linen. Flax is made from plants growing along the linen-nile river. The picture on the right shows the flax cultivation process

After harvest, soak in water until flax becomes soft. Softened flax is then divided into fibers, which are beaten before being spun into yarn and then woven into a cloth.

Every man was wearing a round skirt and a waistband. Sometimes the material is also wrapped around the foot. The length of the skirt changes with the popularity of time - they are short in the former kingdom, and in the kingdom of China they are the length of the calves. In the New Kingdom era, wearing pleated clothes is very fashionable

Wealthy Egyptian men can get very sophisticated, transparent and finest linen. Wealthy Egyptian men can also decorate their clothes and wear numerous jewelry as long as they can afford to decorate their own clothes. They also wear a hat on special occasions.

Egyptian women are wearing full-length straight dress with one or two shoulder straps. During the New Kingdom, clothes of pleats and drapes became fashionable. Clothing worn by a wealthy Egyptian woman is made of delicate transparent linen. Like men, wealthy Egyptian women decorate their clothes and wear jewelry and hats

When ancient Egyptian children wear the same clothes as men and women, they will dress until they are about 6 years old.

In most cases the ancient Egyptians wear barefoot, but in special cases they wear sandals. Failure to do so may cause your foot to get injured.

The sandals worn by the poor are made of papyrus or palm skin, but the sandals worn by rich are made of leather.

Ancient Egyptians wore jewels to show their wealth, and they believed that it made them more attractive to God.

Only very wealthy people can buy gems made of gold and jewels. Ordinary people make jewels with colored ceramic beads

They outlined the eyes and used a black eyeliner to darken eyelashes and eyebrows. They color the eyelids with a blue or green eye shadow made of powdered mineral.

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