Costumes and History

ANCIENT EGYPT JEWELLERY Last but not least, jewellery was an essential part of life for ancient Egyptians. Its bright colurs contrasted with their white outfits and it was a way of determining wealth and social status. It also carried out an important religious role: to protect the person from evil. Headresses and crowns         Crowns were worn by Pharaohs and Queens. There were different types: Nemes: made of starched linen, it was divided in parts with bright colours. Khepresh: the blue crown of War. Flat crown: it appeared during the New Kingdom (Nefertiti's crown) Pschent: the crown of the Upper and Lower Egypt. Vulture crown: worn by the Great Royal Wives There were also headresses that emulated ostrich feathers (this was the crown of the god Osiris) or simply headbands which held the wigs.  Creation of the Pschent combinining the crown  of  Upper Egypt and the crown of Lower Egypt                      Queen Nefertari wearing the vulture crown.                 Khepresh (often

  ANCIENT EGYPT BEAUTY AND COSMETICS Ancient Egyptians paid especial attention to hygiene. Thet bathed regularly and took great care of their skin,polishing it with pumice stone and using creams, ointments and soaps. Did you know they had wrinkle preventing creams?  Or scar treatments? Moreover, they had other cleanliness- related products such as deodorants, toothpaste or perfumes  (remember these weren't generally used in Europe until  the14th century). Remember the desert heat? Egyptians came up with a solution to it while also fulfilling hyenic purposes: shaving their bodies and heads.  WIGS Although it wasn't strictly necessary (you could go out with your shaved head and it wasn't badly considered), Egyptians liked to put on wigs, which they decorated with  great passion and care. Elaborated hairstyles were designed by braiding its hair, alternating jewels, flowers or beads. Married women used to wear a triparti style , in which the hair was divided in three parts, two