holes for the arms, and cutting a key hole for the head. Some had sleeves and
some were sleeveless. This looks very different from the tomb paintings where
women are shown wearing skintight transparent dresses with no underclothes. I
guess they wanted the art more attractive.
Men usually wore loin-cloths and short kilts. Much of the people's clothes
were made of linen because for the mostly hot weather they needed light, loose,
and easily washed clothes. Linen was perfect for that.
Children went naked whenever it was warm enough. At about the age of
10 they started to wear the same kind of tunics or kilts as their parents.
Egyptian doctors were the most famous in the ancient world. Today some
scholars call them "the first real doctors." The people who were doctors were
often priests as well. They were trained in the temple medical schools. Their
medicine was a mixture of science, religion, and magic. In many
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