Rameses III, and IV, Amenemhat III, Akhenaten, were also depicted wearing Nemes in their paintings and statues. Tutankhamun's Death Mask was depicted wearing a Nemes, The crown Tucker is wearing isn't actually a crown, it's a fiber headdress called a Nemes that covered the whole head and top of the shoulders. If we really wanted to add some historical accuracy points a lot of Egyptian royalty were recorded owning leopard skins but had a lot of stigmas associated with animal furs, especially wool.Ĭrowns and jewelry were what really separated the commoners from the pharaohs. All that to say the clothes are perfectly serviceable and they have a nice gold trim around the edges which I think makes them ornate enough. There have been depictions in art that show the largest evolution in the men's fashion were the addition of sheer blouses with pleated sleeves during the New Kingdom Era where it was thought Egypt to be at its most prosperous. There was a lot of variation in colors because Egyptians used a lot of minerals to dye their material, but white is the color most commonly associated with their clothes since it reflected the desert sun. I mostly want to talk about the crown because in terms of fashion ancient Egyptians mostly wore a combination of Shenti, linen kilts, and sandals, especially men. Again my math may be off because BC dates are confusing. Most of the popularized pharaohs especially Tutankhamun were recorded to rule in 1332-1323 BC a good 1,200 years before Cleopatra. Roughly 30 BC, I want to say 2,000 years ago but my calendar math has always been terrible. Just so we all have the same amount of knowledge here, the Ancient Egypt everyone typically refers to is Egypt pre-death of Cleopatra and the fall of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
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