![]() In the case of Egypt, these traces take the form of mummified remains. ![]() ![]() This is because of the nature of historical evidence: people in ancient societies did not often preserve things that were commonplace, much fewer things that were rare but unremarkable, and so the task of archaeology and history is to deduce details about the past from whatever traces remain. Like other cultures on this list, there is no confirmed date at which dreadlocks were born, nor is there a single person said to have invented them. While many cultures developed dreadlocks, Ancient Egypt remains one of the most influential, because it remains an iconic reminder of the cultural and technological heritage of people from Africa. Since dreadlocks don’t have one factual point of origin, we’re highlighting six of the touchstones for the hairstyle’s origins.
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