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Abstract
This study aims to investigate scenes of body care in ancient Egypt and discuss their development through comparing them during different periods to determine the practices and materials of body care in addition to the people involved in body care.
The objectives of the study:
- Displaying the body care scenes in the private tombs in ancient Egypt during the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.
- Determining the practices of body care in ancient Egypt.
- Identifying the implements and materials used in body care.
- Identifying the people who are involved in body care.
- Comparing body care scenes in the different periods concerning practices, implements and people.
Results:
- The identification of Body Care in Ancient Egypt is taking care of different parts of the body by applying certain materials and using special tools for reaching the ideal, beautiful and healthy shape of the body.
- According to the previous overview of scenes, there are about 29 scenes presenting body care in ancient Egypt as follows:
(A) Depictions of hair care are represented in (11) eleven scenes.
(B) Depictions of face care are represented in (5) five scenes.
(C) Depictions of hands and feet care are represented in (13) thirteen scenes.
- These scenes are divided according to periods as follows:
(A) There are about (13) scenes during the Old Kingdom. Only one scene represented hair care, as well as one scene represented face care, while the other 11 scenes are represented hands and feet care.
(B) There are about (6) scenes during the Middle Kingdom. Five scenes are represented hair care, while only one scene represented face care. It is noticeable that the Middle Kingdom is freely from hands and feet care.
(C) There are about (10) scenes during the New Kingdom. Five scenes are represented hair care, while three scenes are represented face care. The other two scenes are represented hands and feet care.
- Scenes are divided according to sites as follows:
(A) Saqqara is considered the most important archaeological site, because of the large numbers of scenes comparing with other archaeological sites. It includes about 9 scenes represented body care implementation in different tombs.
(B) Thebes is considered the second archaeological site, which includes about 8 scenes represented body care implementation in different tombs.
(C) The archaeological sites such as ; Beni Hassan , Tell El-Amarna and Aswan are equal in the numbers of scenes as each site contains almost 2 scenes represented actions of body care in ancient Egypt.
(D) Other archaeological sites such as; Abusir, Meir and El-Hammamiya are also equal in the numbers of scenes as each site contains only one scene represented body care implementation.
(E) On the other hand, there are fragmentary steala, sarcophagus, and a part of erotic papyrus are exited in different places such as; the Egyptian Museum and the British Museum.
- Scenes are divided according to sex and status as follows:
(A) Hair care scenes are represented both men and women. There are 6 scenes depicting men and most of these scenes are concerned for the public, while the other 5 scenes are depicting women and most of them are concerned for the Nobles and elite.
(B) Face care scenes are represented women only. Three of these scenes are dedicated for Queens and Nobles women, while the other two scenes for the public.
(C) Hands and feet care scenes are represented men in (12) scenes all of them are Nobles and tomb’s owner, while only one scene represented for woman feet care.
- There is only one rarely scene represented a prostitute girl rouging herself.
- A lot of body care actions are implemented during ancient Egypt are also still practices with the same way such as; hair removal and tattooing.
- Most of ancient Egyptians prescriptions of body care are considered the basis of new manufactured cosmetics nowadays.
- Massage and reflexology are considered one of important branches in physical therapy today which is dated back to the pharaonic era. The ancient Egyptians practiced this type of physical therapy by the same methods and considerations.
- Plastic surgery was known during ancient Egypt, this indicated that the ancient Egyptians have highly awareness of different branches of medicine.
- Professions of body care were considered one of the high ranks positions during ancient Egypt.
- There were a lot of titles and inscriptions are mentioned for body care professions as follows:
(A) Hairdressers such as; inw and Henut.
(B) Masseurs such as; Montuwesere, who his title as a masseur is appeared of his stele as montuwesere is the masseur of officials in the house of the ruler.
(C) Pedicurist and manicurist such as; Kakherniswt who was called ”the maker of nails”, and Niswt-n-Spss with his title iri ant.
- These titles and inscriptions give us an important overview about body care professions in ancient Egypt, and indicated that these professions were occupied high status in ancient Egyptian royal palace among other jobs.
- In ancient Egypt body care professions are obtained an important role more than today.
- The tomb of Niankhknum and Khnumhotep is regarded most important one comparing with other tombs. It is contains about 4 scenes represented hands and feet care. This indicated that the profession and the title of the tomb’s owner are reflected in the tomb representations.
- Different materials are used in body care in ancient Egypt. Most of these materials are still existence by the same use today such as; milk and honey.
- Olive oil are still using for dressed the hair.
- Different tools are used in body care in ancient Egypt are still used by the same way today such as; combs, hairpins, toilet box, tweezers and mirrors.