The art of balding: a brief history of hairless men

From images by the Ancient Egyptians to TV tropes, writer Glen Jankowski takes a look at the 'art' of balding.
Painting of bald man

Balding is really common, affecting more than 50% of men. It’s also physically inconsequential (bald men live just as long as haired men). So why, in his memoir Spare, does Prince Harry refer to his brother’s baldness as ‘alarming‘?

Most of these men were visibly aged (their remaining hair was white). They were depicted in varied spheres of Egyptian society, from farming and fishing to sculpting and scribing.

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