Chapter 2: Egypt

Pregunta	Respuesta
garment fabric?	linen
men skirt	schenti, shent, skent, schent
Old Kingdom Dress	Knee Length or shorter skirts fitted closely around the hips
Middle Kingdom Dress	skirt elongated, sometimes reaching the ankle
Purpose of wearing animal skin	they thought they would gain the power from the animal
How did they achieve color in their dress	they either painted the linen or wore colorful jewelry
cone of scented wax	melts throughout the night and coats the wig giving off a pleasant smell
Image: Cone+Of+Scented+Wax (binary/octet-stream)	cone of scented wax
indication of wealth	the amount of layering or clothing you had on your body
Image: Sheath+Dress (binary/octet-stream)	Sheath dress
reason for Hatshepsut's fake beard	she wanted to be regarded as a ruler, not as a woman
Upper Egypt	Southern Egypt
Lower Egypt	Northern Egypt
purpose of eyeliner	cosmetic and health purposes (protection from the suns rays)
basic costumes for egyptian women?	straight fitted garment of tubular form
scarab	a symbol of a beetle that represented the sun god and also rebirth
ureaus	sacred cobra and symbol of lower egypt
eye of horus	stylized representation of the human eye, symbolized the moon
mordants	used to fix the colors in dyed linen
pectorals	decorated pendants
corselet	sleeveless decorative form of armor, could be strapless or suspended by small straps from the shoulders
amulets	charms worn around the neck to ward off evil
diadems	crowns
Lock of Youth/ Lock of Horus	distinctive hairstyle worn by children of the pharaoh

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