Ancient Egypt

Question 1

HighwhitecrownfromUpperEgypt

Answer 1

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Question 2

 RedwickercrownfromLowerEgypt

Answer 2

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Question 3

 Shenti

Answer 3

Most men wore a short loincloth or skirt, known as a shenti.

Question 4

 Shendot

Answer 4

Only royalty was allowed to wear the shendot, a special kind of loincloth.

Question 5

 Pschent

Answer 5

The combination of the high white crown of Upper Egypt and the red wicker crown of Lower Egypt was called a pschent. On the front of the pschent was the uraeus, the sacred hooded cobra, a symbol of the pharaoh’s power of life and death.

Question 6

 Priest’s clothing

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Answer 6

Priests could be identified by their bare, shaven heads and the wearing of a leopard skin draped around the body.

Question 7

Lock of youth

Answer 7

Because of the heat, Egyptian men were clean shaven. They had the right to wear an artificial beard for certain occasions. Royalty could wear short, stubby beards, but the king wore a long, thick and straight beards.

Children of the kings are often shown with a thick braid of hair hanging from the right side of the head. This was known as the lock of youth.

Question 8

 Wide collars and necklaces

Answer 8

Either a short cape covered the shoulders or the throat was encircled with a wide jewelled collar, leaving the breast exposed.

Question 9

 Kalasiris

Answer 9

The pharaoh also wore a transparent white linen gown (a kalasiris ), the royal apron, a beaded collar, armlets and bracelets, and the royal flail and crook.

Question 10

 Royal apron

Answer 10

The king also wore the royal apron. This apron was suspended from a wide belt, and both belt and apron were richly decorated with gold, semiprecious stones and colourful enamel inlays.

Question 11

 Crook

Answer 11

Other royal accessories were the shepherd’s crook and the grain flail, symbolising his authority over agriculture.

Question 12

 Flail

Answer 12

Other royal accessories were the shepherd’s crook and the grain flail, symbolising his authority over agriculture.

Question 13

 Nemes headdress

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Answer 13

Egyptian pharaohs were often shown wearing a Nemes headdress. This was a headcloth, often made in a blue and white striped linen fabric that was wrapped around the head. A precisely shaped fold hung over the shoulders while some fabric was drawn to the back and bound around the wig in a pigtail.
You will see the Nemes headdress in pictures of the Sphinx and King Tutankhamen.

Question 14

Uraeus(Royalcobrasymbol)

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Answer 14

On the front of the pschent was the uraeus, the sacred hooded cobra, a symbol of the pharaoh’s power of life and death.

Question 15

Ceremonial beard

Answer 15

Cleanliness was very important, and necessary in the extremely hot conditions. The head was clean shaven and a wig was worn on ceremonial occasions.

Question 16

 Royal sandals

Answer 16

The sandals became pointed as a result of Eastern influence.

Question 17

 Ankh

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Answer 17

Used as a symbol of life, resembles a cross but instead of the top arm there is a loop

Question 18

Women’s garments

Answer 18

Women of the Old and Middle Kingdom wore a close-fitting tunic that left the upper part of the body bare, sometimes with wide shoulder straps.
During the New Kingdom women wore a kimono- type garment held in place with a narrow sash tied at high waist level.
They also wore a draped costume which left the right arm and breast free as well as the unguent cone on the woman’s head.

Question 19

 Unguent cone

Answer 19

The unguent cone was a cone of solidified oil and perfume worn on the head. As the day progressed it would melt and ooze down over the head and body, releasing its fragrance. One of the explanations for the very close- fitting and transparent gowns depicted in paintings could be that the whole gown was saturated by perfumed oils from the unguent cone.