Beautiful Mummy braided hairstyle - not Elling Woman

[Rosa Harris]

Any ideas on how to make this? I'm puzzled on the back of the style and cannot find any pictures of the back of the recreation.

It seems relatively simple yet strikingly pretty.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/13986922634_ec1de8dcbc_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/niYCNw)mummy-reconstructions-2.jpg1359059901 (https://flic.kr/p/niYCNw) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr
Aww she looks a lot like me - same nose!
Right now I am having trouble finding an immage of the back of the style to see how the braids are brought together into the braid bun at the top of the head.

It was a popular hairstyle at the time, which may have been inspired by a Roman empress, Faustina I, who lived in the second century.

"The mummy's hair (http://www.livescience.com/15819-ancient-egyptian-hair-product.html) is readily appreciable, with longer strands at the middle of the scalp drawn back into twists or plaits that were then wound into a tutulus, or chignon at the vertex (crown) of the head," writes a research team in a paper published recently in the journal RSNA RadioGraphics.

edit: additional images

This is Faustina I - there is definitely strong simularity here between the two. Having looked at the Ct scans themselves I am weary that the reconstruction artist is more inspired by the Faustina I image than the actual scans of the mummy's head which do not reveal if the braids are cornrows - like below or laying on the head as in Faustina's image on the coin.

Laying braids ae highly possible and consistent with other mummy styles I have seen.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/13983974461_afdd72be93_o.gif (https://flic.kr/p/niHwpX)125704fig06a.jpeg (https://flic.kr/p/niHwpX) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr

The original scan report gave this image as a recreation of the style - however in this case it is cornrows and the style is pinned at the back instead of top of the head. The actual images seem to reflect the bun being more top to the back position.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/13987588184_1c5f2697d2_o.gif (https://flic.kr/p/nj33Dw)125704fig06b.jpeg (https://flic.kr/p/nj33Dw) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr

[Chromis]

Hey, I just saw that mummy and her recreation! She lives at Redpath Museum in Montreal.

Sadly the pictures I took didn't come out very well. It was a bit difficult to see what was going on even in person actually. Annoyingly, I have also seen statues of Faustina I at the Royal Ontario Museum and the The Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne, but can't seem to find any shots of those either!

I can share more on how the reconstruction of the faces was done at least. This blog is from one of the researchers: http://areyoumymummy.com/tag/redpath-museum/

If my Googling is right, the reason that hairstyle looks much different is that it is the wrong Faustina! The mummy would have been modelled after I, but that hairstyle if from II :D

Faustina II: http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/ap_faustina2.jpg
AKA Faustina the Younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_HPjg-f8iQ
She has pretty cool hair too and I did find a better shot of her: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/KAS294-faustina-the-younger-side.jpg

Faustina I aka Faustina the Elder is a bit harder to find! I keep finding coins like you did: http://munzeo.com/images/11.Jul.2011/320707784378_1.JPG

[Rosa Harris]

Nice finds there!

here is my first attempt.. the back i took the loose hair section and pulled it strait up and braided it forward over my face then rolled it into a bun.. then I rolled each individual small strand around that coil and under it. Since I am not into rendered animal fat as hair dressing I used a recreation of an ancient hairpin to hold it in place. Probably try again later. This is the first go and poor pics cause hubby is asleep still.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7445/13995700724_96317b8b9d_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/njKCdU)Untitled-1 copy (https://flic.kr/p/njKCdU) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr

[Rosa Harris]

Hey, I just saw that mummy and her recreation! She lives at Redpath Museum in Montreal.

Sadly the pictures I took didn't come out very well. It was a bit difficult to see what was going on even in person actually. Annoyingly, I have also seen statues of Faustina I at the Royal Ontario Museum and the The Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne, but can't seem to find any shots of those either!

I can share more on how the reconstruction of the faces was done at least. This blog is from one of the researchers: http://areyoumymummy.com/tag/redpath-museum/

If my Googling is right, the reason that hairstyle looks much different is that it is the wrong Faustina! The mummy would have been modelled after I, but that hairstyle if from II :D

Faustina II: http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/ap_faustina2.jpg
AKA Faustina the Younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_HPjg-f8iQ
She has pretty cool hair too and I did find a better shot of her: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/KAS294-faustina-the-younger-side.jpg

Faustina I aka Faustina the Elder is a bit harder to find! I keep finding coins like you did: http://munzeo.com/images/11.Jul.2011/320707784378_1.JPG

You are right - the cornrows do look like II although its actually believed those were rolls not rows and the whole style was held into place using a bone needle and thread. I have my bone needle and cord on the way!

[Chromis]

Oooh, looking promising so far!

And yes, I think they look more like rolls as well as II. I really wish the pictures had come out on Faustina I though, I just got back from vacation and wanted to share them. I got all excited when I saw your post :D

[DragonLady]

Nice finds there!

here is my first attempt.. the back i took the loose hair section and pulled it strait up and braided it forward over my face then rolled it into a bun.. then I rolled each individual small strand around that coil and under it. Since I am not into rendered animal fat as hair dressing I used a recreation of an ancient hairpin to hold it in place. Probably try again later. This is the first go and poor pics cause hubby is asleep still.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7445/13995700724_96317b8b9d_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/njKCdU)Untitled-1 copy (https://flic.kr/p/njKCdU) by rosarl13 (https://www.flickr.com/people/121893704@N04/), on Flickr

That is so gorgeous!

[Rosa Harris]

gotta go to bed but I am going to try again with damp oiled hair after I get up and see what I can pull off. Curlies made it kinda difficult dry because they wanted to catch on each other and tangle. This seems like a style that would last a few days once done actually - at least so it should make a good oil treatment bun and yet look sweet.

[Sharysa]

Ooh, fantastic style! I may have too much hair for it, but congratulations to those who manage to recreate it!

[TeaRose]

Lovely! Wish I had enough length to try too.

[Danu]

Fascinating.

[Angela_Rose]

Awesome! I love seeing recreations of historical hairstyles. Thank you for sharing!