The main stage is a pyramid. Scaffold and LED, not limestone, but the afternoon sun still turns its slope gold. Down on the grass, the crowd answers in kind: a gold tree glowing on the back of a cloak, jackals sitting tall beside it, sphinxes resting at the hem.
Ancient Egypt made art you could read. The looped cross in a god's hand is the written word for life. A painted eye on an amulet asked for protection. A striped cloth on a king's head told everyone who he was.
We drew Mystical Egypt and Egyptian Atlantis to be read the same way. The first glows on desert-night black, a pharaoh crowning a column of chakra light; the second is navy and gold, a temple wall rising from the sea of Plato's legend. Every sign in them has a story worth knowing before you put it on.
What did people wear in ancient Egypt?
Mostly linen. Ancient Egyptians spun flax into a cloth that stayed comfortable in the heat, and they usually left it in its natural color. Men wore wraparound skirts belted at the waist; women wore a sheath dress and could add a shawl, cape or robe. The striped nemes headcloth was reserved for kings.
So a faithful Egyptian outfit is mostly white (Wikipedia). Ours aren't reconstructions: Magus Fawn's Egyptian clothing is modern festival wear, printed edge to edge with Egypt's signs glowing on black and navy. One habit carries over, though. Over her sheath dress an Egyptian woman could throw a cape or a robe; over a bodysuit at a night set, we'd hand you a cloak.
What did the ankh mean to the ancient Egyptians?
Life itself. The ankh, a T-shape topped with a droplet loop, was the hieroglyph scribes used to write the word "life," and Egyptian art shows it as an object: gods carry it, sometimes offering it to a pharaoh, a sign of their power to sustain life. Magus Fawn's Mystical Egypt art lines its glyph columns with them.
Its three consonants also spelled the Egyptian words for "mirror" and "floral bouquet," so scribes wrote those with it too, and in the 1960s it entered Western culture as an emblem of African cultural identity (Wikipedia). Three more signs share the cloak with it.
The wedjat eye. The Eye of Horus, or wedjat, stood for well-being, healing and protection, and it stayed one of the most common amulet designs from the Old Kingdom to Roman rule (Wikipedia).
The winged sun. A sun disk on spread wings, a sign Egyptian art has used since at least the Old Kingdom (Wikipedia).
The nemes. The striped royal headcloth (Wikipedia), worn here by the pharaoh who crowns the chakra column.
The night-black cloak: Mystical Egypt. All four signs meet on the Women’s Festival Cloak | Mystical Egypt ($250). Gold glyph bands run beside the zipper like the margins of a papyrus, threaded with ankhs; wedjat eyes watch from the hood and a front panel, stepped pyramids rise between them, and a jackal-headed figure stands on one sleeve. On the back, seven chakra circles stack from red at mid-back up to violet, ending at a pharaoh in a nemes beneath a winged sun. The chakras come from India's yogic traditions, not Egypt's, and their rainbow is a modern Western addition (Wikipedia); the meeting of the two is our visionary homage.
Both temple cloaks here are built alike. Micro-mink poly makes the shell (listed fabric weight: 200 g/m²), and faux fur in black or white, your call at checkout, lines it. The hood pulls in on heavy drawstrings, the front closes on a double zipper, and four pockets keep your things: two deep at the hips, two stashed inside, one of them zippered. The fit is unisex across XS to 5XL, and each one is made to order.
Was Atlantis a real place?
No. Atlantis is a fictional island from Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written around 360 BC as an allegory about the pride of nations. Present-day classicists agree the story is invented. Magus Fawn's Egyptian Atlantis design treats it exactly that way: as a legend, pictured as a gold temple surfacing from the sea.
Egypt sits inside the story from the start. The dialogues claim the tale came from Solon, the Athenian lawmaker, who visited Egypt around 590–580 BC and translated Egyptian records of it. In Plato's telling, Poseidon's island outsizes Libya and Asia Minor together, loses its war against an idealized Athens, then sinks into the sea in one day and night (Wikipedia). For an artist, that's the gift: Egyptian priests, a drowned island and a story that never needed to be true.
The navy-and-gold cloak: Egyptian Atlantis. On the back of the Egyptian Atlantis Men's Festival Cloak ($250), a gold tree spreads its branches inside a ring with a blue jewel at its heart, roundels around it hold eyes and pharaoh faces among gold birds, and below, two jackals sit upright on either side of a domed shrine while two sphinxes rest nose to nose along the hem. Built exactly like the Mystical Egypt cloak, and both designs come as men's and women's cloaks.
The temple at sunrise: the hooded blanket. The Hooded Blanket w/ Ears | Egyptian Atlantis ($150) brings the temple to the camp chair: the gold tree at the chest, its trunk shaped like an ankh, seated jackals beside it and sphinxes lounging along the bottom edge. Underneath the art is 300 g/m² poly fleece, shaped as an oversized pullover whose hood wears a pair of cat ears, with a front quarter-zip and one big pocket, in one size (4XL).
Who is the jackal-headed god in Egyptian art?
Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god who presided over funeral rites, guarded graves and guided the dead into the underworld. Artists showed him as a black canine or as a man with a canine head. Magus Fawn's designs carry both forms: a standing jackal-headed figure on the Mystical Egypt sleeve, and seated jackals keeping watch across Egyptian Atlantis.
His black was a living color, standing for regeneration, life and the soil of the Nile (Wikipedia), so a black Egyptian hoodie carries it well.
The Egyptian hoodie in cotton. On the Cotton Unisex Pullover Hoodie | Mystical Egypt ($100), the pharaoh's face sits right under your chin and the chakra circles fall from violet at the chest to red at the waist, with a band of glyphs circling the hem. On the back, the column rises from a winged triangle holding an eye. All cotton, 310 g/m², with a front pouch pocket and drawstring, relaxed fit, XS to 6XL.
The Egyptian hoodie in velvet. After dark, the Crushed Velvet Pullover Hoodie | Egyptian Atlantis ($100) packs the temple wall onto a pullover: jackals, falcons, pyramids and gold panels on deep navy, shifting with every sweep of the stage lights. Crushed velvet (95/5 poly-spandex, 240 g/m²), a drawstring on the hood, a pouch pocket in front, regular fit, S to 2XL.
Why does the Sphinx have a lion's body?
Because the Egyptian sphinx is a portrait of royal strength: a human head, usually a pharaoh's, on a lion's body. Unlike the winged Greek sphinx, Egyptian sphinxes have no wings, and pairs of them often guarded temple doors (Wikipedia). Magus Fawn's Egyptian Atlantis art sets two at every hem, facing each other like gatekeepers.
The Great Sphinx of Giza was carved from the plateau's limestone bedrock: 73 meters long, 20 meters high, the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt. It faces east (Wikipedia), so it has greeted more sunrises than any dance floor on earth.
The Egyptian shirt in cotton. The Cotton T-Shirt | Egyptian Atlantis ($60) opens gold wings across your shoulder blades around a single watchful eye, then stacks the whole temple below it, down to the two sphinxes guarding the hem, with another sphinx on each sleeve. It's 190 g/m² of pure cotton, with a crew neck and regular fit, XS to 5XL.
The Egyptian shirt in velvet. The Crushed Velvet T-Shirt | Mystical Egypt ($60 in crushed velvet or cotton, $50 in poly jersey) puts the pharaoh at your chest above the seven circles, with ankhs tucked among the gold glyphs. The velvet weighs 240 g/m² (95/5 poly-spandex); crew neck, regular fit, XS to 5XL.
How do you put together an Egyptian festival outfit?
Let one piece of Egyptian art lead, keep everything around it black or gold, and pack something warm for the hours after sunset. Magus Fawn's Egyptian clothing covers the whole day: a printed bodysuit or tee in the heat, a cap against the sun, then a cloak or hoodie once the air cools.
Sheath and cape, updated. The V-neck Bodysuit Mystical Egypt ($55) runs the chakra column, each circle holding a small star, down a deep V on black, with an open back and a snap closure. It's 95/5 poly-spandex microfiber at 180 g/m², regular fit, XS to 2XL. Add black shorts, fishnets and gold jewelry, and throw the Mystical Egypt cloak over it at sunset.
The daytime crown. Pair the cotton tee with black cargos and the Snapback Hat | Egyptian Atlantis ($40). Its front panel centers the gold tree, trunk shaped like an ankh, between two medallions where a small figure sits inside a pyramid. It's 150 g/m² dye-sublimated poly, one adjustable size, unisex.
For the 2027 eclipse. On 2 August 2027 a total solar eclipse crosses North Africa, Egypt included (NASA), and the path's center line passes just north of Luxor, with about 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality along that stretch (NASA path table). Our eclipse clothing guide covers what to wear and how to watch it safely.
The practical papyrus
Cold nights mean a hoodie under the cloak, so the FAQ's advice for outerwear is to size up, "sometimes even 2 sizes up to fit extra layers under." Sitting between two sizes? Email us your measurements at art@magusfawn.com and we'll suggest one; replies usually come within 1–2 business days. Every sale is final, which makes that note a smart first step.
Each piece is made to order: allow 7–11 business days for production and 6–14 for the journey to you. Within the US, anything from $70 up ships free (below that, it's $8); international rates start at $10.
Wash everything cold alongside like colors and let it hang dry (a low tumble works too); skip bleach, irons and dry cleaners. The cotton hoodie gives up 3–5% in its first wash, so keep that one cold and let it dry in the air. The ink sits inside the fiber rather than on top of it, so there's no surface layer to crack and the gold keeps its shine. The women's Egyptian Atlantis cloak earned five stars from Kopano in May 2026: "Everything about the item is good . Very impressed"
Wear the word for life
Egyptian art was made to keep doing its job: an eye for protection, a sign that spells life, two sphinxes that never leave the gate. We drew ours to keep at it on the dance floor. Pick your temple, zip it up, and walk toward the pyramid on the main stage.
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Frequently asked questions
What did pharaohs wear on their heads?
Often the nemes, a striped headcloth that covered the crown and the back of the neck, with two flaps falling in front of the shoulders. It was reserved for kings. Pharaohs could combine it with the double crown, as Ramesses II does at Abu Simbel, and Tutankhamun's golden mask shows him wearing one.
What is the winged sun in Egyptian art?
A sun disk with outstretched wings, often flanked by a rearing cobra on each side. It appears from the Old Kingdom onward and, as Behdety, stood for Horus of Edfu, a protector of the pharaoh. In Magus Fawn's Mystical Egypt art it spreads above the pharaoh's head at the top of the chakra column.
Where did Plato say Atlantis was?
Beyond the Pillars of Hercules, in the ocean that, in his telling, took its name from Atlas, the island's first king. Plato set its war with Athens more than 9,000 years before his own time. Those vague clues have fed much speculation, but classicists read the island as fiction, an allegory rather than a location.
Did ancient Egyptians wear colorful clothes?
Not usually. Linen was generally left its natural color, although plant dyes could be applied. Decoration came from elsewhere: broad usekh collars, jewelry, and beading or feathers sewn onto dresses. That's a handy guide for a modern outfit, too: let the print carry the color and keep the rest simple.
Written by Magus & Lylyth Fawn, the Los Angeles artists behind Magus Fawn. Magus makes VR and digital visionary art and produces Psy EDM. Lylyth makes fractal digital art and runs design and customer care. We've been selling wearable art since 2020 (4.8★ from 147 reviews as of October 2026), and every piece is made to order here at magusfawn.com. Come say hi on Instagram @magusfawn.
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