Egyptian pharaohs had no shortage of elaborate garments in their royal wardrobes. But perhaps the most distinctive of these are the strange false metallic beards that adorned the chins of these ...

The false beard was an important symbol in ancient Egypt—it was one of the ways Egyptian kings identified themselves with Osiris, the god of the underworld. Unlike in real life at the time ...

Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men ... bare chest of a man and the pharaonic false beard,” though scholars don’t know exactly why. Another mystery ...

as well as three Egyptian policemen and a tour guide. Hatshepsut was an important 18th Dynasty ruler in the 15th Century BC, having usurped her stepson, Thutmosis III. She was known for dressing like ...