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lostinhistory: archaeologistforhire: thambos: By 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. (via On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head - WSJ.com) THIS WOMAN IS MY HERO This will never not be cool.

lostinhistory:

archaeologistforhire:

thambos:

By 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.

(via On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head - WSJ.com)

THIS WOMAN IS MY HERO

This will never not be cool.

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