<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#999980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><B>High Culture</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>   </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><B>  </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="High Culture"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Nilotic Hair - Ancient and Modern.</B>   |   <A HREF="andrewwilson.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AndrewWilson"><U>AndrewWilson</U></A>   |   <A HREF="sak21.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pseudo mummies of the Egyptian collectio"><U>Pseudo mummies of the Egyptian collection Berlin:  SAK vol.21</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07702b03.gif"> <div> <I>Nilotic Hair - Ancient and Modern.</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="804" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#330066" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 434 WIDTH="798"><div> <B>(UNDER CONSTUCTION)</B></div> <div> <B>1) Hair texture</B></div> <div> Archeological work in Nubian-Egypt indicates that the hair textured was varied, and ranged from straight to very kinky, coarse and wooly.  Similar variety in hair textures still exists in contempary Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.</div> <bR> <div> <B>2) Hair Color</B></div> <div> Egyptian art shows that black hair was the norm.  But we also find examples of mummies that have dark brown, light brown, red, and even blonde hair.  Regarding red hair, it was shunned and very uncommon.  Ancient mummies with red hair probably indicate that the eumelanin pigment in the hair has broken down (see below).  Some famous mummies, such as Rameses II have been studied and the red hair coloring indicates this break down (see below).  </div> <bR> <div> <B>3) Hair Grooming</B></div> <div> Hair was grooming and in a variety of different styles and flavors.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Hair Color</B><B> <A NAME="haircolor_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Direct correspondence between Dr. Andrew Wilson  at the University of Bradford and myself.</div> <div> Click here to read more about <A HREF="http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/field/hair.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/h"><U>Andrew Wilson</U></A> AKA "The Hair Guy." <A NAME="andrew_wilson_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Excerpt from Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur (SAK) vol. 21, regarding red</div> <div> hair, red hair in wigs, and Rameses II.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="798"><div> <B>Illustrations</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 2196 WIDTH="798"><div> <IMG SRC="04ef4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 146 WIDTH="496"><div> <B>Object group -</B> hair (human) </div> <div> <B>Description -</B> Two pieces of curly yellow human hair (joined by a curl) with small plait of black wig on top of one which also has patch of scalp. Sample taken by Dr Burleigh 1979. </div> <div> <B>Period -</B> Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE) till Dynasty 19 (1186BCE-1295BCE)</div> <div> <B>Found at -</B> </div> <div> <B>Material -</B> </div> <div> <B>Measurements -</B> height cms length cms width cms diameter cms </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04ff4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 203 ><NOBR><div> <B>Object group -</B> hair (human) </div> <div> <B>Description -</B> </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 146 WIDTH="496"><div> <B>Object group -</B> hair (human) </div> <div> <B>Description -</B> Two pieces of curly yellow human hair (joined by a curl) with small plait of black wig on top of one which also has patch of scalp. Sample taken by Dr Burleigh 1979. </div> <div> <B>Period -</B> Dynasty 18 (1295BCE-1550BCE) till Dynasty 19 (1186BCE-1295BCE)</div> <div> <B>Found at -</B> </div> <div> <B>Material -</B> </div> <div> <B>Measurements -</B> </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="050f4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 186 ><NOBR><div> <B>Object group -</B> hair (human) </div> <div> <B>Description -</B> </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 113 WIDTH="496"><div> <B>Object group -</B> hair (human) </div> <div> <B>Description -</B> Swatch of yellowish curly human hair and patch of scalp. Sample taken by Dr Burleigh 1979 </div> <div> <B>Period -</B> Dynasty 19 (1186BCE-1295BCE)</div> <div> <B>Found at -</B> <A HREF="http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/eos_title.pl?callnum=DT73.K3P5_cop1" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/eos/"><U>Gurob</U></A></div> <div> <B>Material -</B> </div> <div> <B>Measurements -</B> </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b90c900.jpg" border=0 width="268" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Objects - </B>Braided hair, a fine tooth comb, and a hair pin.</div> <div> Source: Rosecrucian Egyptian Musuem.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="798"><div> <B>Links</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="798"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="798" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>