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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]
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.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has in its collection [3] four excellently preserved pleated linen dresses, all found in 1902-1903 by George A. Reisner at the cemetery of Naga ed-Deir in Egypt. [4] It is not known exactly how the Egyptians pleated linen, but the material may have been "folded, accordion style, then tied, and wetted."
Cretan women's clothing included the first sewn garments known to history. Dresses were long and low-necked, with the bodice being open almost all the way to the waist, leaving the breasts exposed. [18] Dresses were often accompanied by the Minoan corset, an early form of corset created as a close fitting blouse, designed to narrow the waist.
A woman in white and green ceremonial Mormon temple garb, used during the endowment ceremony [6]: 1:55 [7]. Adherents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and some fundamentalist Latter-day Saint groups often receive temple garments at the time of receiving their endowment, after taking part in the endowment ritual.
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 .
While her headdress illustrates popular styles in Ottoman women's headwear at the time, her clothing remains very similar to European-style clothing. This was a popular way to depict women, specifically sultanas. [2] Many factors contributed to changes in Ottoman women's garments, including the cost of materials and firmans, or royal declarations.
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.