More Red-Haired Mummies

A brief reference to Egyptian mummies with "reddish" hair now. From an 1878 work titled: Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought. The particular passage comes from a section on the origins of the Egyptians.

"From the ethnological work of Dr. Barnard Davis, as descriptive of Egyptian mummies, these extracts are taken: "Short locks of flowing, reddish brown hair. - Has long reddish brown hair, which is plaited and fastened behind. - Orthognathous face, which is almost in the form of a triangle. - Has a narrow face, with long, slender nose. - Hair in short, very curly, reddish brown locks. - A large head, with a long pointed nose, and rather broad face."

Not especially revealing, and the context is a little vague, but it's yet another example to add to our collection.