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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rasol: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Osiris II: [b]It's awfully difficut to tell Rameses II hair color from AE portraits. As ausar says, most times he was shown wearing a crown that covered most of his hair, and that that did show was more than likely a wig.Henna, while used to color hair quite frequently, will turn gray hair orange, but gives black or dark brown hair an auburn sheen. The most logical explination for Rameses II blondish-red hair on his mummy is that, being an old man, he probably had white or light gray hair. The ungents and resins used on his mummy would stain the hair to the light colors described. His original color as a younger man? Almost impossible to say, but a dark red is not impossible by any means.[/b][/QUOTE] That sounds plausible as well. I find it odd that people would look to mummies, esp. older ones for irrefutable evidence of hair color, for exactly those reasons. I would prefer some historical reference, or portraiture to confirm such a trait. Otherwise, I think it simply cannot be stated for a fact, one way or another. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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