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Egyptian Dress and Decoration: From the Nobility to the Slaves

Katie Bessasparis Egyptian Dress and Decoration

Reading Language Arts, Semester 4, Class 7 / 8 Master K. Schoch May, 31, 2012 Date Due: June 7th



When someone says Egypt to you, what do you think about? Do you think about religi on? Do you think about meals? What about clothing? Egypt means the "Temple of the soul of Ptah" Egypt is directly south of it is Sudan. The time period is 2,649-2,150  b.c.e. The Egyptians had different tribes, like the Lenni Lenape tribe. Everyday life in Ancient Egypt (36-37) 

 Ancient Egyptian Dress is very important. The Egyptian clothing is very impo <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">rtant because it was very hot there, so they would try to wear as <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> little as possible. They always wanted to looknice. Their clothes were made from linen, which was light, so that wouldn't make them too hot when they are working. There was three different groups of egyptians, that wore different clothing. The <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">nobility, middle class, and slaves were the three types of groups <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">100 Things you should know about Ancient Egypt (34-35)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The nobility had different clothing than the middle class and especially the slaves. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">accessories were worn by them, such as Headbands, multi rowed necklaces, and collars, girdles, bangles, bracelets and rings. Nobilities had professional wig <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">makers with their own workshops, wigs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">were fashionable extras, required formal costume"evening dress" on important occasions, For beauty and protection fromheat they wore long black wigs. They wore wigs from human hair or sheep's wool which they kept in special boxes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">100 things you should know about Ancient Egypt (34-35)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Middle class clothing in the old kingdom was also made of linen, Working men <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">wore loincloths or short kilts, The working women wore linen dresses. (http://tinyurl.com/8ybpy2a) Women and men both wore makeup, Eye makeup washelpful for protecting the wearer's eyes from bright sunlight. Black makeup was made from galena, They wore black eye powder, green eye paint which was made from malachite, red lip paste which was made from iron oxide and powder to color their cheeks which was made out of ocher. Men and women wore their hair short. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Everyday life in Ancient Egypt (36-37) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Male slaves wore short linen kilt whilst. A female slave wore skirt starting at the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">shoulder and ending at the knees or ankles. If you were a <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">slave for the master you were dressed nicely. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">(http://tinyurl.com/7fmbdfr)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Egyptian dress is very important. No, we do not still do what they did. The slaves <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">and the nobility dressed very differently. We still learn about the Egyptians today in social studies.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Glossary <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Nobility- grandeur or magnificence <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Malachite-a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 ,an ore of <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">copper, used for making ornamental articles. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Galena- a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">lead-graycrystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore oflead.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Credits <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">http://whyfiles.org/131fresh_water/images/nile.gif <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y-bF7sn2IM/T0JJIHth8mI/AAAAAAAAAV4/hn2LYDcFT2o/s1600/Wigs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">+in+ancient+egypt.jpg <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">http://www.dragonstrike.com/egypt/images/cloth3.jpg

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Works Cited <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">"Ancient Egypt Fashion." Ancient Egypt Fashion. 15 May 2012. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egypt-fashion.html>.