The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains over 80,000 objects, making it one of the world's lar
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology
Upper part of a statuette of an Egyptian woman and her husband. 18th Dynasty. From the Amelia Edwards Collection now housed in the Petrie Museum
Fragments and slabs of stelae. Inscriptions Aisle
Display case at previous entrance to the Petrie (prior to refurbishment), with figurines and statuettes
Tarkhan dress
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The Tarkhan dress is a linen garment that is over 5,000 years old and the oldest surviving piece of woven clothing. It is named after Tarkhan, a necropolis south of Cairo, where it was excavated in 19
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
…England. There are significant holdings of Egyptian costume, including a piece of Egyptian linen from around 5000 BC, one of the earliest known, and the Tarkhan dress from the fourth millennium BC, the world's oldest known woven garment as of 2016. The collection also includes material from the Ptolemaic, Roman and…
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