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  • 'Hairdo archaeologist' solves ancient fashion mystery

    05/27/2013 4:03:43 PM PDT · by thecodont · 19 replies
    BBC via Drudge Report / www.drudgereport.com ^ | 26 May 2013 Last updated at 18:51 ET | Produced by the BBC's Peter Murtaugh
    [Janet] Stephens is a hairstyle archaeologist who specialises in recreating how women in ancient Rome and Greece wore their hair. She spoke to the BBC about a museum visit that marked the start of a long journey of discovery on which she solved a historical mystery and had her work published in an academic journal.
  • On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head

    02/09/2013 9:09:56 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | February 6, 2013
    Ms. Stephens Says Ornate Coiffures Weren't Wigs After All; The Vestal Virgin ChallengeBy day, Janet Stephens is a hairdresser at a Baltimore salon, trimming bobs and wispy bangs. By night she dwells in a different world. At home in her basement, with a mannequin head, she meticulously re-creates the hairstyles of ancient Rome and Greece. Ms. Stephens is a hairdo archaeologist. Her amateur scholarship is sticking a pin in the long-held assumptions among historians about the complicated, gravity-defying styles of ancient times. Basically, she has set out to prove that the ancients probably weren't wearing wigs after all. "This is...