Were the ancient egyptians the only people in antiquities to wear braids...well in other words were black people the only ones? In a recent debate I had with someone, they say the Greeks, Celts, and Assyrians I think also wore them.
Posted by ausar (Member # 1797) on :
Yes,various cultures wore briads. I would not necesarily call what Kemetians wore as braids except maybe the side lock of youth. The side lock of youth were usually adorned by little children,and was later cut off after a child matured. Most of the Kemetian[Egyptian] population wore wigs,but some representations like in the tomb of Nakht with his wife show a little girl with non-wigs which appears to be braided hair.
Women did wear extensions,and so do modern rural Egyptian women,or they simply plaited their hair.
Don't know about the Greeks having braids but the Assyrians use to grease their hair into assorted styles.
There are some modern Southern Sudanese tribes that wear a hair style much like the Nubian mercenaries that immigrated to Egypt. You can compare them from Greco-Roman reliefs they are shown wearing braids.
Native Americans and people from Tibet also wore braids. It's just one of those universal things.
Posted by kifaru (Member # 4698) on :
What's the name of the (cloth?)headpiece we see pharoahs wearing that cover their hair? BTW I saw the back of Tutanhkamuns's coffin and it appears that he has very longs braids coming out of his head piece. The actually looked like dreads in the picture.
Posted by ausar (Member # 1797) on :
The name of the cloth worn by the pr-aa is the Nemes. The other head covering you sometimes see is the afnet.
You are right about the braid hanging down from Tutankhamun but he was very young,and probabaly what you are seeing is the side lock of youth.