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  2. Clothing in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    During the Old, Middle and New Kingdom, ancient Egyptian women mostly wore a simple sheath dress called a kalasiris, [9] which is shown to cover the breasts in statues, but in paintings and relief the single breast depicted in profile is exposed. [10] Women's clothing in ancient Egypt was more conservative than men's clothing.

  3. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    The clothing of men and women at several social levels of Ancient Egypt are depicted in this tomb mural from the 15th century BC. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures ...

  4. Shendyt - Wikipedia

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    The shendyt (šnḏyt, Schenti, Schent, Shent, Skent) [1] was a type of loincloth similar to a skirt. It was a kilt-like garment worn in ancient Egypt.It was made of cloth and was worn around the waist, typically extending to above the knees.

  5. History of nudity - Wikipedia

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    For the average person in ancient Egypt clothing changed little from its beginnings until the Middle Kingdom. Both men and women of the lower classes were commonly bare chested and barefoot, wearing a simple loincloth or skirt around their waist. Slaves might not be provided with clothing. [17] Servants were nude or wore loincloths. [18]

  6. Egyptian cultural dress - Wikipedia

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    Nubian Egyptian women either wear a sari-like garment called a shugga over a modest dress if they are Kunuz, or a long loose dress with a train called a girgar if they are Fadiga. The Girgar is made of sheer black cloth, these days commonly of black lace. In the early 20th century it was a very loose and simple garment, resembling the tob sebleh.

  7. Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status ...

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    The new scans helped scientists estimate that the high-status woman died in her late 30s to early 40s, while wear on her teeth shows that the food she ate contained grains of sand rough on the enamel.

  8. Slavery in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Forms of forced labor and servitude are seen throughout all of ancient Egypt. Egyptians wanted dominion over their kingdoms and would alter political and social ideas to benefit their economic state. The existence of slavery not only was profitable for ancient Egypt, but made it easier to keep power and stability of the kingdoms. [7] [8]

  9. Women in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    In this way, clothing styles changed, and women during the Napoleonic Empire adopted styles associated with ancient Egyptian women, combined with the influence of Ancient Greece and Rome: corsets were abandoned (only temporarily), as well as petticoats, and the raised Empire waist was the popular dress silhouette.