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
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Tarkhan (Egypt)
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Tarkhan is an ancient Egyptian necropolis, located around 59 kilometers south of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile. The cemetery was excavated in two seasons by Flinders Petrie. Tombs of almost all p
Tarkhan dress
…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 1913. The dress, coded UC28614B, is currently in the collection of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian…
Contents of tomb 99. 1st century CE. From tomb 99 at Tarkhan, Egypt. Petrie Museum, London
Pottery jar, drab ware. The original loop slip is still present. Ptolemaic period. From Tarkhan, Egypt. Petrie Museum, London