Fashion Depictions of Non-Elite Women in the Tomb of Petosiris at Tuna El Gebel as a Culture Heritage

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Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University

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Fashion has become an important part of human identity and culture. Clothes were the simple and basic way of representing identity and social classes. Clothing strikingly characterizes the social structures and epochs in their ongoing change through its many functions and qualities. Therefore, historic and ancient clothes are layered with hidden insights.
The depiction of daily life scenes in Ancient Egyptian tombs reflects their ideas, concepts, messages and lifestyle. The clothing fashion of men and woman of several levels of ancient Egyptians were depicted in the tomb’s wall from all periods of ancient Egypt. The tomb of Petosiris at Tuna El-Gebel in Minia which includes a variety of dress styles is a good example of those tombs.
This study aims to highlight the different depictions of non-elite women dresses in the tomb of Petosiris through classification of the different groups of female dresses according to their activities and occupations at the tomb scenes. This study depends on a descriptive and analytical methodology to achieve its aims. Results of this study reveal that fashion in clothes itself is a sort of continuous cultural heritage expressing the identity and social class of its owner

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