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The Tarkhan Dress, named for the Tarkhan cemetery south of Cairo in Egypt where it was excavated in 1913, is an over 5000 year old linen garment that was confirmed as the world's oldest piece of woven clothing. [2] [1] The dress coded UC28614B is currently in the collection of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. [3]
The most important finds include a tomb with many seal impressions belonging to king Narmer and Tarkhan dress, one of the oldest dresses found in Egypt. The cemeteries of the later periods are called Kafr Ammar, although lying side by side with the earlier tombs. From a Roman period tomb came a Fayum mummy portrait.
Revenge dress, a black dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales following the revelation that her husband had been unfaithful; Tarkhan dress, a 5000-year old linen dress considered the known oldest woven garment; Travolta dress, a midnight blue gown worn by Diana and named for John Travolta, with whom she danced while wearing it
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Tarkhan was used among the Sogdian, [4] Saka, Hephthalite, Turkic, and proto-Mongol peoples of Central Asia and by other Eurasian nomads. It was a high rank in the army of Timur . Tarkhans commanded military contingents (roughly of regimental size under the Turkic Khazars ) and were, roughly speaking, generals .
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
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