Hairstyling In Ancient Civilizations

Changes of Hairstyling From the Ancient Civilizations to Modernity and Hairstyles in Different Parts of the World.

Abstract
Hairstyles have been a sign of status and hierarchy in societies around the world since ancient times. In ancient Egypt, Greece, and China, a woman’s hairstyle often told others of what rank she held in society, to whom she was married, and even if she was married or widowed. Initially religious and traditional reasoning was taken into account when a woman made up a hairstyle. As time moved on, in the first half of the 20th century, movies and actresses had very traditional hairstyles which were meant to promote a woman’s traditional role in society. The effect was
In Egypt, for example, women had a tradition of clipping their hair close to the scalp in everyday life, but for special occasions they curled their hair or braided it and then adorned it with the iron or gold hair pins. Males were very clean shaved, but false beards were worn often as well. Greek women had long hair and they pulled it back into chignon buns. A lot of women dyed their hair with henna and sprinkled it with gold powder. For the finished look they braided fresh flowers into their hair or adorned it with tiaras (2010). As well as India, the Middle East and Africa, Greece was one of the first nations where henna was used for dying hair. Henna gives a red or black/blue color to the hair and it makes hair look much richer and thicker (Henna,
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