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Question | Answer |
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 |
cone of scented wax | |
indication of wealth | the amount of layering or clothing you had on your body |
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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