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A classical element referred to as the Fifth Element in ancient and medieval times. It is believed to be the material that fills the region of the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere. This belief goes as far back as Plato's Timaeus, where it is said that "there is the most translucent kind which is called by the name of aether (αἰθήρ ...
The ancient Romans were aware that their clothing differed from that of other peoples. In particular, they noted the long trousers worn by people they considered barbarians from the north, including the Germanic Franks and Goths. The figures depicted on ancient Roman armored breastplates often include barbarian warriors in shirts and trousers.
The 25,000-year-old Venus Figurine "Venus of Lespugue", found in southern France in the Pyrenees, depicts a cloth or twisted fiber skirt. Some other Western Europe figurines were adorned with basket hats or caps, belts were worn at the waist, and a strap of cloth wrapped around the body right above the breast.
Perizoma (Greek περίζωμα, plural; perizomata) is a type of loincloth that was worn in Ancient Greece. The perizoma was typically worn by manual laborers or athletes. [ 1 ] This garment could be worn independently or with a short chiton or even underneath a longer chiton . [ 1 ]
Ancient Greeks depicted in variety of different costumes. Detail of a Kore's dress 14th-century military martyr wears four layers, all patterned and richly trimmed: a tunic and a mantle decorated with a tablion. Greek dress refers to the clothing of the Greek people and citizens of Greece from antiquity to modern times.
The garments worn in the Vedic period mainly included a single cloth wrapped around the whole body and draped over the shoulder. People used to wear the lower garment called paridhana which was pleated in front and used to tie with a belt called mekhala and an upper garment called the uttariya (covered like a shawl) which they used to remove ...
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Pallium over a chiton. The pallium was a Roman cloak.It was similar in form to the palla, which had been worn by respectable Roman women since the mid-Republican era. [1] It was a rectangular length of cloth, [2] as was the himation in ancient Greece.