I Got Dressed Like an Egyptian Lady in 1340 BC Vlog

I Got Dressed Like an Egyptian Lady in 1340 BC Vlog What is that cone on top of her head? And did Egyptian women really wear the skin-tight, see-through dresses from the paintings? I got dressed in pleated royal linen, a faience broad collar and a braided wig in Akhetaten around 1340 BC, and wore a wax head cone to a feast. Akhetaten (today's Tell el-Amarna) was a brand-new capital built in the desert in just a few years. Status was in the linen: how fine it was, how carefully it was pleated, and whether you owned a full wig or pinned in extra braids. Head cones appear in Egyptian art for centuries, but the first real ones were only published in 2019, and they came from the burials of ordinary working people at Amarna. What they meant is still debated. 0:00 What is on her head? 0:28 Akhetaten, 1340 BC 2:22 The bead workshop: collars that never die 3:40 Getting dressed: pleats, kohl, wig and collar 6:02 Sitting, bending, and who pleats the pleats 7:48 The cone mystery 9:08 Were the paintings real? And would I wear this today? Sources: Anna Stevens et al., "From representation to reality: ancient Egyptian wax head cones from Amarna," Antiquity (2019) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Broad Collar and Jewelry Elements for a Broad Collar (Amarna Period) Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Egypt: Textiles Joann Fletcher, ancient Egyptian hair and wigs, Internet Archaeology 42 (2016) DISCLAIMER Eva Gets Dressed is fiction. Eva is not a real person. She and every character, place and scene are created with AI tools, all dialogue is invented, and any real historical figure is portrayed fictionally. Each episode is based on research, with sources listed in the video description. Where historical details are unknown or debated, we say so. Scenes are reconstructions, not real footage. Historical beauty and dress practices are shown for context only; please don't try them. Nothing here is medical or professional advice. Not affiliated with any museum, brand or production company. Spotted an error? Tell us in the comments.