Historical Hair: Recreating Authentic Hairstyles from Ancient Greece
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 Published On Mar 1, 2019

The Ancient Greeks left behind so much art and literature, including information about how they did their hair! Let's take a peak into these sources and discover how ancient Greek women wore their hair in the Mycenaean, Classical, and Hellenistic eras.

some historical/archeological sources used:
http://www.chronikajournal.com/resour...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/5060...
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&...
-https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Difficulty: Easy - Moderately Hard
Hair Length: at least armpit length
Materials: cord/cloth strips, hairstick(s), decorative crowns or hairnets
Braiding skills needed: none
Time cost: 5-30 minutes
ideal hair type: curly or wavy

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