She spent years recreating elaborate Roman hairstyles and discovered they were far more ingenious than scholars had realized
For centuries, scholars believed that the intricately braided, gravity-defying updos synonymous with Roman hairstyling were achieved with wigs. Then a professional hairdresser turned bona fide “hair archaeology” specialist proved them wrong.
Born, like other comic book characters, out of an otherwise trivial but life-changing animal bite, the Rabid Librarian seeks out strange, useless facts, raves about real and perceived injustices, and seeks to meet her greatest challenge of all--her own life.
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Sunday, July 19, 2026
I knew about this already, but I find it fascinating
A hairstylist with no archaeology degree solved an ancient Roman mystery scholars got wrong for centuries
Labels:
Ancient Rome,
Hair,
Hairstyles,
Sewing,
Women
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