Why did Egyptians shave off their eyebrows?

Question

Why did Egyptians shave off their eyebrows?

Answer 1

they thought it was hot/attractive

Answer 2

It was a sign of mourning epsecially with their pet cats. I think they stayed in mourning until most of their eyebrow hair came back.

Answer 3

Shaving off the eyebrows was a sign of mourning. An entire family would do so if their pet cat died. Remember, the cat was a sacred animal to the Egyptians. the cat represented Bast (Bastet), and the family would remain in mourning until their eyebrows grew back.

Answer 4

If their cat died they would shave off one or both eyebrows in honor of them

Answer 5

When a pet died they expressed their sadness by shaving off their eyebrows.

Answer 6

For the same reason that women today pencil in eyebrows, wear false eye-lashes and undergo other cosmetic procedures. It was the fashionable thing for upper class women to do. The slaves and lower class women didn't do it - they weren't concerned with fashion.