The ancient people inhabiting the valley of Nile according to the statements of researchers, were representatives of the Mediterranean race: thin, lean, low and strong. Their appearance and clothes had the distinctive features.
Instruction
1. Ancient Egyptians had a dense constitution and strong, easy bones. A humeral belt, ankles, wrists differed in special force. Distinctive features - the extended skull, the black curling or straight hair, swarty skin with a bronze or golden shade. Pale skin was considered as an indicator of wealth and wellbeing. Especially rich Egyptians sought to have pale skin.
2. The face of the ancient Egyptian was wide, with outstanding to straight lines, sometimes quite fleshy nose. The low forehead emphasized beautiful dark brown eyes which section was mainly almond-shaped. Eyelashes were dense, bluish-black. Lips are chubby, accurately outlined.
3. Ancient Egyptian cultural monuments figuratively show a standard of beauty of the ancient Egyptian: a high camp, a narrow waist, big shoulders, delicate features, a small breast and wide hips (for women), a straight black hair.
4. Many centuries the main clothes of the ancient Egyptian was skhent. Skhenti represents the fabric strip wound around a body and fixed on it by a belt. These universal clothes it was possible to fix on a body a set of ways. And depending on what size there was a fabric cut, by means of draperies and folds it was possible daily to turn skhent into festive.
5. Because of hot climate practically all population of Ancient Egypt shaved off head hair. On the head put on wigs from natural hair or hair of sheep holidays. Wigs represented ideally smooth, black and shiny hairs to shoulders or are longer.
6. Important place in shape of the ancient Egyptian was taken by accessories, namely jewelry, poyasa, gloves. They spoke about the social status of the person, about his material welfare. For example, suits of Pharaohs were decorated with peculiar tails. It designated that this person - the governor, "a mighty bull of these lands".