Read Hair in Ancient Egypt

ref.: August 26, 2002, "Red hair"

An image of Seti I, Ramesses II's father, with a au revers wig of red hair. This scene, which is part of a larger scene of Seti I offering to Amun-Ra is between the Corridor of Kings and the Hall of Barques, almost facing the western passage to the Osirieon, Abydos.
The picture is copyright of Katherine Griffis-Greenberg, 2001.

Seti at Abydos

The picture of a coiffure of a Hyksos official, found at Avaris, and dated to the late 12th Dynasty. The excavator (Manfred Bietak) described the hair as "painted red".
From: Bietak, M. 1996. _Avaris, the Capital of the Hyksos: Recent Excavations at Tell el-Dab'a_. London: British Museum Press.

Asiatic dignitary at Avaris