In-Person
How would you describe how you look to a complete stranger? Today, we would use the familiar metrics of height, weight, and eye color. But in 4th century BC Egypt, these metrics were quite different, defining physical appearance through face shape, hair texture, location of scars on the body, among other characteristics. This session serves three purposes: first, exploring the use of physical descriptors in Egypt during this time as one of the world's first biometric systems; second, diving into self-perception of the physical form; and lastly, humanizing the past through re-created portraits of ancient people according to the ways they described themselves.