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**5607mk** **Reading/ Language Arts Period 5/6** **Mr. Keith Schoch** **June 07, 2012**
 * Ancient Egypt** **Fashion Through the Ages**

When people hear the country, Egypt, they think of ancient houses, pyramids, and their ancient culture. But look at yourself and what you are wearing now and take a look at an ancient Egyptian. Notice something? Clothing and fashion have changed a lot since back then. **Egypt** meant "The River Nile" (http://tinyurl.com/bmgvj47). Egypt bordered the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea in Asia and is a country mainly in northern Africa. Presently, Egypt has Israel to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt, http://tinyurl.com/cxadwwb) although the neighboring countries changed over time. It was from 3000 B.C.E to 30 B.C.E (http://tinyurl.com/y2x4w53). Egyptians are remembered from their hard work for their great pyramids that they made. Ancient Egyptians developed their calendar and their months which come from gods. The calendar and some of the months are still used today!

Fashion; however, was a very important part if Ancient Egypt culture. One of the factors are the fashions of both women and men. Fashion was important to the ancient Egyptians because it protected them from the extreme heat and helped them stay cool and be able to work (Harcourt Social Studies : World History, textbook). Clothing for the ancient Egyptians slightly differed from children, men, and women, while it symbolized their status and their wealthiness.

Clothing was most simple for children. Children didn't have to wear anything until puberty. When they turned six, they were allowed to wear something to protect them while working under the hot sun. Some children, however, wore accessories even though they didn't have any types of clothing on their bodies. Egyptians liked to dress up and be fashionable no matter when or where they were! (http://tinyurl.com/8y42qpc)

Men's clothes were simple and thin, since it was very hot in Egypt. Men wore a **Shendyt**, or wrap around skirt. During this time, their skirts were fairly short. By the Middle Kingdom, it became the fashion for men and women to wear a short skirt known as the **kalasiris **, under their short skirt. For their makeup, both women and men wore blue and green eyeshadow and **kohl ** eyeliner when they were dressed fancy (http://tinyurl.com/8y42qpc).

On the other hand, women wore something that looks more like a dress, but was made similarly. Women in ancient Egypt wore simple **sheath dresses** that differed for each class of wealthiness. The lengths of the dresses depended on which social class each women were in. Clothing for women changed slightly over the millennia. (http://tinyurl.com/8y42qpc) In upper classes, women often wore **saris **, which were popular at the time.A **sari ** was a piece of clothing which were 4 feet wide and 13 or 14 feet long. (http://tinyurl.com/qx4l8)

As you may know the country of Egypt, still exists in the continent of Africa. Many tourists come to visit and see the beautiful architecture, especially the pyramids. Egyptians now wear exactly what we wear now! As it was over 2000 years ago, Egypt is still and will stay the most visited country in the whole continent of Africa. All the creative thoughts about their fashion, Ancient Egypt taught us that staying protected and healthy are very prominent to all human beings.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**Egypt**: Means, “The River Nile” (http://tinyurl.com/bt5mdka) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**kalasiris**: A short skirt worn under their outer skirt <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**kohl**: A dark powder used to protect your eye from getting hurt by the sun <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**sari**: An outer garment that is made from light material, worn by women in ancient Egypt <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**sheath dress**: An one-piece garment worn by ancient Egyptian women <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">**shendyt**: Wrap around skirts that were worn by ancient Egyptian men ([]
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