Dreadlocks originated in Greece?

[Loki]

It seems so:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks


Young boxers with long dreadlocks depicted on a fresco from Akrotiri, (modern Santorini, Greece.) 1600-1500 BCE


Over half of surviving Ancient Greek kouros sculptures (from c. 615 – 485 BC) are found wearing dreadlocks.

It was also common in Ancient Egypt.

[Shah-Jehan]

In the Vedic scripture, lots of deities for e.g. Shiva were described with dreadlocks, and many Hindu sages still have dreadlocks.

[Al-Meksiki]

They seem to have developed independently in different parts of the world

Mesoamericans often depicted themselves with dreadlocks, and the Spanish noted that Nahua priests wore them as part of their code of conduct.

[wvwvw]

Some beautiful Minoan art:

Minoan woman gathering lillies:


That type of dress is usually worn by a priestess or high priestess

[Kriptc06]

[Carlito's Way]

No, Greeks must've gotten that style through Middle Eastern people just like the whole hoop earring originated in Mesopotamia and later found in other Med cultures
the oldest mention of Dreadlocks is found in India and not elsewhere, they have the oldest description of this style till this day

Dreadlocks mentions is also found in the bible, apparently Hebrew also wore such style

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

This is the kind of stuff that doesn't even matter. Its just fuckin hair.

[Loki]

This is the kind of stuff that doesn't even matter. Its just fuckin hair.

Some people are interested in hair styles. Live with it.

[wvwvw]

Athena Parthenos - Roman copy of greek original derived from the work by Phidias, at the Ducal Palace, Mantua


Head of a Woman from an Ancient Greek Statue.

[JohnSmith]

The better question is what did not originate in Greece??