That modern hair look might be thousands of years old

All About Egypt

Young archeologist Sahar Abdel Rahman, who finished her master’s degree earlier this year, demonstrates in her thesis about ancient Egyptian hairstyles the influences it has had over millenia on present day fashionable cuts and hairdos.

Curly and wavy hair, short hair, the bob cut and even Marie Antoinette’s beehive can all be traced back to the Pharaohs. A simple overview of the statues and the pictures on temple walls and papyri easily confirm this theory, Abdel Rahman said.

Her research focuses on Egyptian hairstyles between the 7th century BC and the 4th century AD. Studying these eras, Abdel Rahman was able to correct misinformation about the dates of some of the antiquities and discover that, rather than an arbitrary matter, hairdos were a sincere representation of each period’s set of traditions and deities.