The history of nudity as a part of daily life is as old as human kind. There are several theories to explain how clothing changed from its more practical uses, to become a social norm. In prehistoric times, humans were forced to search for new ways to protect themselves against the cold and rain when they moved to colder climates. Humans had to adapt in order to survive in these conditions, and they began to use animal skins and vegetation as protection against the elements of nature. Many hunter-gatherer cultures lived with a culture but without clothes.
Ancient Egyptian carvings of naked women ‘used in bizarre fertility rituals’ found
Nudity in Ancient Egypt - A Naked Girl
Egyptian authorities have launched an investigation after a couple was filmed scaling the Great Pyramid to pose for a nude photograph. He also posted a picture of a man embracing a naked female friend at the top of the m monument, which was built more than 4, years ago. The stunt sparked outrage on Egyptian social media although officials initially claimed that the footage was fake because of the heavy security at the site. It has also been suggested that the area around the pyramids appeared too brightly lit in the video, which was first posted on 5 December.
CAIRO AP — An armed Muslim mob stripped an elderly Christian woman and paraded her naked in the streets during an attack last week in which seven Christian homes were also looted and torched in a province south of the Egyptian capital. Police have arrested six men suspected of taking part in the violence and are looking for 12 more, the security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi called for the culprits to be held accountable and gave the military a month to restore property damaged during the violence, at no cost to the owners. He said they were armed with firearms, knives and sticks.
In a naked display of solidarity, 40 Israeli women recently took off their clothes to support an embattled young Egyptian woman who is under fire for posting a nude photograph of herself online. The Egyptian woman, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 20, posted the picture and allowed it to be put on Twitter in order to protest sexism and the oppression of women in Egypt. She told CNN that she did it because:.