Egyptian men and women both used eye makeup. Egyptians decorated their eyes with aesthetic care. It was so important that even the humblest graves consistently contain at least a simple palette. It is thought they believed it protected them from the 'Evil Eye' and it may have also had religious meaning.
because of the Natron that made the whole body black because it sucked all the nutrients out of the Egyptian body
Mummification is a long process of drying and preserving a human body. Mummies eye sockets tended to turn black after mummification due to the oils and salves that were applied to the body.
The natron they used before the wrapping made their skin a dark ebony but there's also the fact that when you leave organic material out for a loooong time they turn a different color.
cotton
they were born to be black
Linen, mud and reeds were placed between the eyeballs and eyelids as false eyes or in the nostrils.
The eyeball was often pushed into the eye socket and covered with a linen pad. Sometimes eyes were painted onto the linen, but eventually the Egyptians began to use stone or glass eyes. Sometimes mummies had whole onions for eyes and occasionally received onion skins to cover the eyes, but a more common method was to use dried grapes and beeswax.
Dried Grapes were used to plug the sockets.
cotton
There were a few different ways to prepare the eye sockets in traditional mummification. More often then not, the eye sockets were stuffed with calcite or linen that was painted black. Another popular technique was stuffing the sockets with artificial eyes made of bone, stones, or wood which were painted white. In some cases regarding women of notoriety, False eyes were crafted out of obsidian and ivory.
they were born to be black
Linen, mud and reeds were placed between the eyeballs and eyelids as false eyes or in the nostrils.
RESIN
he has only eye sockets long black hair and he has his helm of darkness
The eyeball was often pushed into the eye socket and covered with a linen pad. Sometimes eyes were painted onto the linen, but eventually the Egyptians began to use stone or glass eyes. Sometimes mummies had whole onions for eyes and occasionally received onion skins to cover the eyes, but a more common method was to use dried grapes and beeswax.
The eye sockets of the head
The eye sockets of the head
Different materials were used to plug the eye sockets. The eyeball was often pushed into the eye socket and covered with a linen pad. Sometimes eyes were painted onto the linen, but eventually the Egyptians began to use stone or glass eyes. Sometimes mummies had whole onions for eyes and occasionally received onion skins to cover the eyes, but a more common method was to use dried grapes and beeswax.
linen
Dried Grapes were used to plug the sockets.