The Myths and History of Red Hair

Monday, October 19, 2026

Henna or not henna, that is the question - 1st part

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INDEX 1st part: the mummy of Asru 2nd part: 3rd part: In the first part of my article about fair-haired mummies there is a short paragrapgh...
Friday, October 9, 2026

One more red-haired mummy from Egypt: Takabuti

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Takabuti was an ancient Egyptian woman who lived in Thebes (modern Luxor) around 660 BC and died between the ages of twenty and thirty. He...
Monday, September 28, 2026

Red-haired ancient tribes: the Wusun

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The Wusun were an ancient semi-nomadic steppe people mentioned in Chinese records from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. They are g...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Jesus had red hair, now we have proof of it. Or do we?

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In 2017, the authors of the study about the DNA analysis of Napoleon Bonaparte published an analysis of a small fragment of hair found on t...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Napoleon had red hair, now we have proof of it. Or do we?

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On our partner blog Famous Redheads in History we have this post about Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) . In it, we linked several sources de...
Friday, September 11, 2026

About fair-haired mummies - 5th part

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Index 1st part: henna, natron and Ramesses II   2nd part: bog bodies and photo-oxidation   3rd part: Tarim and Paracas mummies  4th part: Eg...
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