Editing Dreadlocks (section)

===Africa===
According to Sherrow in ''Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History'', dreadlocks date back to ancient times in various cultures. In [[ancient Egypt]], Egyptians wore locked hairstyles and [[wig]]s appeared on [[bas-relief]]s, statuary and other artifacts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Image of Egyptian with locks. |url=http://www.freemaninstitute.com/Gallery/Egyp233_big_copy.jpg |access-date=6 October 2017 |website=freemaninstitute.com}}</ref> Mummified remains of Egyptians with locked wigs have also been recovered from archaeological sites.<ref>[http://www.egyptianmuseum.com/article16_torlife.html Egyptian Museum -"Return of the Mummy.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230235837/http://www.egyptianmuseum.com/article16_torlife.html|date=2005-12-30}} ''Toronto Life – 2002''." Retrieved 01-26-2007.</ref> According to Maria Delongoria, braided hair was worn by people in the [[Sahara desert (ecoregion)|Sahara desert]] since 3000 BCE. Dreadlocks were also worn by followers of [[Abrahamic religions]]. For example, [[Christianity in Ethiopia|Ethiopian Coptic]] Bahatowie priests adopted dreadlocks as a hairstyle before the fifth century CE (400 or 500 CE). Locking hair was practiced by some ethnic groups in [[East Africa|East]], [[Central Africa|Central]], [[West Africa|West]], and [[Southern Africa|Southern]] Africa.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sherrow |first1=Victoria |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bETPEAAAQBAJ&dq=ethiopian+dreadlocks&pg=PA140 |title=Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History |year=2023 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=9781440873492 |page=140}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Delongoria |year=2018 |title=Misogynoir: Black Hair, Identity Politics, and Multiple Black Realities |url=https://www.jpanafrican.org/docs/vol12no8/12.8-3-Maria%20DeLongoria.pdf |journal=Journal of Pan African Studies |volume=12 |issue=8 |page=40 |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWySINhFXP0C&q=dreadlocks |title=Dreads |year=1999 |publisher=Artisan Books |isbn=9781579651503 |page=22}}</ref>