Chapter 4: Crown in Antiquity

'The Egyptians and Ethiopians... have very woolly hair'                                                       'The Histories' Book II, Chapter 104 | Herodotus

The “Ancient of Days” in Daniel and the Son of Man in Revelation are both described as having hair white and like wool `[7]`—an unmistakable evocation of tightly coiled texture.

While arguing that the Colchians of the Black Sea were of Egyptian descent, he offered their physical appearance as proof, stating they were "black-skinned and have woolly hair."