Keeping Up with the Alexandrians

Multiculturalism and clothing fashion in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt

By Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, he triggered a period of profound cultural and social change. As traditions evolved, so too did clothing, reflecting a society caught between the familiarity of the past and the appeal of the new.

This article was first published in print in RAWI's ISSUE 11, 2021

Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert is an archaeologist and historian (University of Warsaw, PhD: 2006). Her research focuses on material culture, the history of technology and everyday life in Egypt (4th c. BCE–8th c. CE). She has worked at the National Museum in Warsaw and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo. Since 2017, she has been a research fellow at the Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen.

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Let there be Music!

By Eva Dadrian

Royal Couture