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most popular material used to make clothes in Ancient Egypt was white linen. Considering
Egypt’s warm climate this light weight material was ideal. Egyptian men
typically wore short skirts; while women wore robes or fitted dresses. In terms
of dresses the majority had some sort of strap to cover a women’s chest. Egyptian
children hardly ever wore clothing until they reached puberty. Another material
used to make clothing was wool. However, due to their religious beliefs about animals,
wool, a material which came directly from an animal, was not allowed to be worn
in temples or any other place of worship.In addition, it is important to note that clothing styles varied based on a person class and occupation. For example, Viziers and other members of the upper-class wore full-length robes, jewelry, and leather sandals. Whereas members of the middle class such as farmers wore only loincloths. Poor people wore very little clothing, because they could not afford it.
This is very interesting.I never knew that Egyptian children did not wear clothes until puberty. Is this because of economic reasons? It is interesting that their clothes even tied into their religious beliefs. Money seemed to play a big role in what people wore. The upper class wore jewelry while the middle class could not afford hardly any clothes. Very interesting !
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