These were loaded with rings; the finger-nails were stained red, according to Egyptian custom, and gold or silver bands were worn above the elbow, and at the wrists and ankles.
[This custom (of staining finger-nails) is still prevalent in the East; the plant Shenna, Laosonia spinosa, called by Pliny XIII.
Cyprus, being used for the purpose.

The Egyptian government has prohibited the dye, but it will be difficult to uproot the ancient custom.

The pigment for coloring the eyelids, mentioned in the text, is also still employed.

The Papyrus Ebers alludes to the Arabian kohl or antimony, which is frequently mentioned under the name of "mestem" on monuments belonging to the time of the Pharaohs.] Their robes were beautiful and costly, and in many cases so cut as to leave the right breast uncovered.

Bartja, the young Persian prince, among the men, and Nitetis, the Pharaoh's daughter, among the women, were equally conspicuous for their superior beauty, grace and charms.