Show Ancients Believed Mans Man's Glory Was His Beard There was a rooted deep-rooted belief among the ancient peoples of at the East that a mans man's glory was his beard Compulsory shaving Sha and the close- close cropping of at hair were signs of ot degradation dation cation This Is s borne out by Assyrian sculptures which always show kings with beards and long hair and slaves with cropped close-cropped hair and clean clean- I shaven faces The Egyptians however had different different differ differ- ent Ideas They considered that hallwas hair hall was a source of t dirt and shaved both face and head biad Their slaves and servants servants servants ants were compelled to do the same The early Greeks Creeks and Romans shaved oft off their beards because they I gave the enemy a good hold In to hand-to- I hand fighting I It Is recorded that Alexander Alexander Al Al- I the the Great ordered his soldiers to shave for tor this reason renson It was WIlS the custom among Romans to shave off oft the beard at nt the age of twenty-one twenty and present It as IlS an tut offerIng offerIng offer offer- Ing to the household gods A beard was grown after utter that age only as ns a n sign of ot mourning London mourning London Tit TIt TIt- t |