In light of the spread of the Corona virus that is spread in various countries of the world, the World Health Organization calls for preserving the cleanliness of personal belongings, among them the shoe that must be sterilized constantly, because the shoes were among the concerns of elegance among the ancient Egyptians, and for this we review during the coming lines how the ancient Egyptians deal with these the culture.
Dr. Ashraf Abu al-Yazid, director general of the Textile Museum, and an expert in ancient and prehistoric Egyptian antiquities, said that the shoe industry has been in existence since the ancient state.
And Dr. Ashraf Abu Al Yazid explained, in special statements to "the seventh day", but what was found on the shoes were from modern times and the best example of this is King Tutankhamun, whose holdings contain a large number of slippers, which are his personal belongings, But industry has been around since ancient times, as is evident from ancient Egyptian drawings.
Dr. Ashraf Abu Al-Yazid indicated that the ancient Egyptians did not leave any instructions on the side of their maker, meaning that no evidence was left on how to make the boat or shoes, as these occupations may be inherited by education as it is now happening in most crafts. The ancient Egyptian life is full of puzzles and tales that make All researchers in the world continue to study this ancient civilization.
The ancient Egyptians were the first to make shoes, and we find this from the exhibition "Ancient Egyptian Shoes" which was presented by the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir during the year 2015 AD, and the exhibition was a summary of the study of shoes as a research project carried out by Andre Vladimir (visiting scholar at the American University in Cairo) in cooperation with the trustees of the Egyptian Museum on A small part of everyday life is shoes.
The goal of making shoes in ancient Egypt is because it works to protect the foot, as its significance has extended beyond that, and as is the case in our lives at the present time, social standing, lifestyle and symbolism played an important role in the choices of shoes and sandals and what they represented.
The importance of studying shoes is due not only to the symbolic, economic, and cultural concepts of the ancient Egyptians, but also to the extent of technology and the role that shoe makers and leather workers played in ancient Egyptian society.
The exhibition presented shoes across different eras, starting from pre-dynastic times (300 BC) to the Ottoman eras "the 19th century AD". It also includes the development of shoe models, sandals, raw materials, techniques used in making shoes, and the symbolism associated with them and the social status that It was worn by everyone who wore this shoe, and the exhibition also includes shoes belonging to all social classes of kings, individuals, soldiers and priests.
Feldmeier said in writing "The Shoes in Ancient Egypt," that sandal wear was limited to the upper class of society, and this can be inferred from the Narmer painting from 3000 B.C., in which the pharaoh king Narmer appears barefoot holding a captive head, and in the background one of The servants carry the sandal of his pharaoh, and was made from plant fibers such as palm fronds, halfa and papyrus.
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