Late Egyptian costumes in Persian taste

Abstract EN

The Egyptians had kept their civilization for thousands years away from foreign influences.

They hadn't the real desire to imitate or borrow any style of art from the Persians.

On contrary, they showed increasing nostalgia for their authenticity.

It is no doubtless that Persian policy was based on submission all over the world, so they were attempting to rule the world empire, and they had begun their goals through the so-called 'Persianization'.i Persians had adopted and adapted elements to create their own civilization; so the Persianization is a process of two-way acculturation.

After the Persian invasion to Egypt 525 B.C, The Persian rulers make a concerted effort to appear as indigenous pharaohs during the first domination of Egypt.

They tried hard to apply a variation style of art based on combination between Egyptian and Persian traits.

Persian rulers had executed their goals by elevated the Egyptian officials to a high position that encouraged their counterpart and others to imitate them; some of the Egyptian officials who worked as a collaborative for Persian rulers, appeared with Persian influence on their costumes the Egyptian costumes.

Weather is the reason behind this Persian influence; this article is calling attention to the Persian taste on Late Egyptian costumes.

In selecting the masterpieces of Egyptian art, so the author chooses the Egyptian costumes (headdress, jewelry, and clothing), which would illustrate the Persian traits as wide a range of the crafts and techniques as possible; it can be concluded that some Egyptian costumes carried the Persian taste; it had become a new style of costumes which combines between Egyptian and Persian style.