Why did ancient egyptians wear thick eye liner?

Answer 1

Ancient Egyptians used a type of eyeliner called kohl to protect their eyes from sunlight. This is very important, due to the fact that Egypt has a lot of sun, and direct sunlight can often be very harmful.

Answer 2

It was to protect the sensitive skin around the eyes and keep it cool in the hot sun.

Answer 3

Egyptians wore eyeliner to make their features dark and to add interest to their faces. This was somewhat of a light deflector too in some case.

Answer 4

yes the ancient Egyptians did invent eyeliner

Answer 5

Egyptians wore kohl because it protected their eyes from infection, reduced glare and they used it as eye makeup.

Answer 6

eye makeup was used for the eyes to pop out and or for the egyptian gods or goddasas

Answer 7

No.