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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]
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
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.
There are significant holdings of Egyptian costume, including a piece of Egyptian linen from around 5000 BC, one of the earliest known, [24] and the Tarkhan dress from the fourth millennium BC, the world's oldest known woven garment as of 2016. [25] The collection also includes material from the Ptolemaic, Roman and Islamic periods. [26]
Pleated linen of queen Neferu ca. 2051–2030 B.C. The earliest form of pleated linen dates from ancient Egypt and can be seen in a garment known as the Tarkhan dress, which is over 5000 years old and is believed to be one of the oldest dresses in existence. [1]
For example, Arabic texts refer to a "Tarkhan, king of the Khazars" as reigning in the mid ninth century. Whether this is a confused reference to a military official or the name of an individual Khazar khagan remains unclear. The name is occasionally used today in Turkish and Arabic speaking countries. It is used as family name in Hungary today.
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The oldest known textiles in the Americas are some early fiberwork found in Guitarrero Cave, Peru dating back to 10,100 to 9,080 BCE. [3] The oldest known textiles in North America are twine and plain weave fabrics preserved in a peat pond at the Windover Archaeological Site in Florida, the earliest dating to 6,000 BCE. [4]