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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]
Meat dress of Lady Gaga, worn at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards; Pink dress of Marilyn Monroe, worn in the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Red dress of Julia Roberts, worn in the 1990 film Pretty Woman; Union Jack dress, worn by Geri Halliwell at the Brit Awards 1997; White dress of Marilyn Monroe, worn in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch [2]
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]
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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]
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Tarkhan is an ancient Egyptian necropolis, located around 50 km south of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile. The cemetery was excavated in two seasons by Flinders Petrie . Tombs of almost all periods were found, but most importantly many belonging to the time of Egyptian state formation, the Early Dynastic period around 3100 BC.