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Mummies Reveal Egyptians Styled With ‘Product’ (1510L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Questions: Answer in COMPLETE SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed. Lists and charts are the

exception and may be answered in phrases.

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

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Notes on my thoughts,

Mummies Reveal Egyptians Styled

reactions and questions as I

read:

Hair with 'Product'

Ancient Egyptians might have been just as vain as humans today. They seem to

have styled their hair with fat-based products to enhance their appearance and

accentuate their individuality, new research suggests.

"Personal appearance was important to the ancient Egyptians so much so that in

cases where the hair was styled, the embalming process was adapted to preserve

the hairstyle," the researchers, based at the University of Manchester in the

United Kingdom, write Aug. 16 in the Journal of Archaeological Science. "This

further ensured that the deceased's individuality was retained in death, as it had

been in life, and emphasizes the importance of the hair in ancient Egyptian

society."

The researchers studied hair from 18 mummies (15 mummified in a desert

cemetery called the Dakhleh Oasis and three from museum samples of unknown

origin) who lived around 300 B.C. in ancient Egypt. By taking a close look at

the hairs under a microscope, the researchers noticed that nine of these mummies

had an unknown substance coating their hair.

Chemical analyses of the coating revealed it was made up of fatty acids from

both plant and animal origins.

Mummies Reveal Egyptians Styled Hair With 'Product' (1510l) - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet