sAri, the Indian dress

[Yashwant Malaiya]

It was  common for women to cover heads in Greece and Rome
even before adoptation of Christianity.

See the links below (sorry, you might have to reconnect broken
parts of urls).

Yashwant

http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/index.htm

http://www.tulane.edu/~hughl/Period.Styles/Costumes/text/Greece/CB22.html

http://www.tulane.edu/~hughl/Period.Styles/Costumes/text/Rome/CC46.html

http://www.tulane.edu/~hughl/Period.Styles/Costumes/text/Rome/CC39.html

http://www.tulane.edu/~hughl/Period.Styles/Costumes/text/Early.Christian/CD2
1.html

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Isn't the Greek and Roman practice of women covering their heads adopted
after Christianity was adopted?  I can't remember many statues of
ancient Greek or Roman women with covered heads.

Head coverings were worn in ancient times (by both men and women) in
Egypt and neighboring areas of East Africa, the Levant and North Africa.
Maybe originally as protection against the desert sun.

Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala