What did lower class ancient egyptians wear?

Answer 1

Well, they wore tunics. The males wore them down to their knees and the women down to their ankles. These tunics were made from linen, which is one of the earliest fibers to be made into string and cloth. It comes from the Flax plant which grows a lot across the Mediterranean region. Some men might have worn kilts, which are like tunics, only they don't cover the top half of the body. Females didn't wear these though, they only wore the tunics.

Whether you were rich or poor doesn't matter because everyone wore this Flax linen. If you were rich, you might have had it pleated or folded, and you probably had a lot more gold decorations on you than the poor.

Answer 2

Men wore a white linen schenti (a loincloth or kilt) held in place by a cloth or leather belt. Women wore a kalasiris a long close-fitting sheath dress held up by shoulder straps. Children wore no clothes at until they reached puberty. Poor people most likely went barefoot.

The poorest people and the many thousands of slaves employed on construction projects, in the quarries or mines went naked.

The most common fabric used for clothing was linen. It was light, fine and easily draped over the body. Linen is woven from vegetable fibres obtained from the flax plant extensively grown in ancient Egypt.

Answer 3

Men wore a wrap-round skirt called a schenti which was tied at the waist using a belt. Whilst working in the fields, men often wore just a twist of cloth about their waist or no clothes at all. Women wore full length tubular dresses with shoulder straps known as a kalasiris. These remained the basic garments worn by ordinary people for thousands of years. The material used was linen. Children went naked often to the age of puberty. After then they wore the same clothes as the adults. As for footwear they usually went barefoot. The poorest people may not have worn any clothes at all.

Answer 4

Throughout the ages lower class men in Ancient Egypt wore the schenti a short linen kilt tied at the waist by a belt. Women a wore full length tubular dresses with shoulder straps known as a kalasiris. Whilst fashions came and went for the privileged classes these remained the basic type of garment worn by ordinary people for thousands of years.

Children usually ran about naked until they were about six years old. After that they wore clothes similar to the adults.

Slaves doing outdoor labouring work wore no clothes at all.

Answer 5

cloth like, blankets, and bags whatever they could find really

Men of all social classes wore a wrap-round skirt called a schenti which was tied at the waist using a belt. The length of the kilt varied depending on the fashion of the time and how rich you were. In the Old Kingdom they were short while in the Middle Kingdom they were calf length. For ordinary men the kilt remained short and plain. From about 1500BC (the beginning of the New Kingdom) it was fashionable for wealthy men to have the garment pleated.

Egyptian women wore full length tubular dresses with shoulder straps. This remained the basic type of garment worn by ordinary women for thousands of years. Like the men the clothing of wealthy women became more elaborate during the New Kingdom. It became fashionable for rich women have their dresses pleated or draped. Rich Egyptian men and women decorated their clothes, wore jewellery and elaborate wigs.

The principle fabric used was linen although wool was sometimes worn. Linen was woven in various grades from the coarse cloth worn by the peasants to an almost transparent fabric worn by the nobility. The better the quality linen you wore the higher you were in the social pecking order. Silk became available in Roman times which was very expensive and reserved for the very rich.

Ancient Egyptian children, irrespective of their social status, did not wear clothes until they were about six years old when they would wear the same clothes as adults. Household slaves, found in most well-to-do homes, wore the clothes provided to them by their owners. It was considered unnecessary to provide slaves working on public works such as building the monuments or working on the land with clothes. They went naked.

Most Ancient Egyptians went barefoot most of the time but wore sandals for special occasions or if their feet were likely to get hurt. The sandals worn by the poor were made of woven papyrus or palm while those worn by the rich were made of leather.