Costumes of Egypt - The Lost Legacies, I. Dresses of the Nile Valley and its Oases. BiGen 68.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 30015 |
| Format | 24 X 29.5 |
| Détails | 406 p., numerous illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724709216 |
Release date: November 28, 2023
Costumes of Egypt, The Lost Legacies summarizes decades of research by Shahira Mehrez: this four-volume work lists and traces the origins of previously undocumented Egyptian clothing and jewelry styles, most of which have now fallen into disuse. The costumes studied in this first volume establish that beyond distant geographical locations, beyond religious and ethnic diversity, across thousands of years of history and successive civilizations, Nubians, Nile Valley peasants, Bedouins and oasis dwellers, both Christian and Muslim, were heirs to a single heritage. Old and new emblems merged into a single tradition, defining a multifaceted but harmonious Egyptian identity.
They constitute undeniable and tangible proof of the unity of the country and bear witness to the fact that, throughout their history, these different communities have constituted the different facets of a multicultural and pluralistic nation.
Release date: November 28, 2023
Costumes of Egypt, The Lost Legacies summarizes decades of research by Shahira Mehrez: this four-volume work lists and traces the origins of previously undocumented Egyptian clothing and jewelry styles, most of which have now fallen into disuse. The costumes studied in this first volume establish that beyond distant geographical locations, beyond religious and ethnic diversity, across thousands of years of history and successive civilizations, Nubians, Nile Valley peasants, Bedouins and oasis dwellers, both Christian and Muslim, were heirs to a single heritage. Old and new emblems merged into a single tradition, defining a multifaceted but harmonious Egyptian identity.
They constitute undeniable and tangible proof of the unity of the country and bear witness to the fact that, throughout their history, these different communities have constituted the different facets of a multicultural and pluralistic nation.