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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 history of Medieval European clothing and textiles has inspired a good deal of scholarly interest in the 21st century. Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, and Kay Staniland authored Textiles and Clothing: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, c.1150-c.1450 (Boydell Press, 2001).
c. 50,000 BC – A discovered twisted fibre (a 3-ply cord fragment) indicates thinge likely use of clothing, bags, nets and similar technology by Neanderthals in southeastern France. [1] [2] c. 27000 BC – Impressions of textiles, basketry, and nets left on small pieces of hard clay in Europe. [3] c. 25000 BC – Venus figurines depicted with ...
Evidence of ancient Indian clothing can be found in figurines, rock cut sculptures, cave paintings, and human art forms found in temples and monuments. These sculptures show human figures wearing clothes wrapped around the body, such as sari, turbans and dhoti. Upper classes of the society wore fine muslin and imported silk fabrics while the ...
History of clothing (ancient Greece) covers clothing worn by Greek-speaking peoples settled near the Aegean Sea from 1600 BC to 330 AD (the Mycenaean, classical, Hellenistic, and Roman eras), up to the beginning of the Byzantine Empire (330 AD). History of clothing (Byzantine) covers Clothing worn in the Byzantine empire (330 AD - 1453 AD)
It may be used, but depending on who wore it, clothing owned by Hollywood stars and other royalty can command big money. The Most Expensive Clothing Items Ever Auctioned Skip to main content
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The Areni-1 shoe is a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008 in excellent condition in the Areni-1 cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. [1] It is a one-piece leather-hide shoe, the oldest piece of leather footwear in the world known to contemporary researchers.