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Actually, most men in ancient Egypt were relatively clean-shaven and did not grow beards, mainly for sanitary reasons(lice).

Pharaohs, however, wore false beards as symbols of power.

A curved beard (eg. Tutankhamun's death mask), is a symbol of immortality or of being a god.

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