The rare and remarkable relic of ancient fashion history discovered in Egypt’s Tarkhan Cemetery, south of Cairo. The Tarkhan Dress dated between 3482 and 3102 BC being the oldest known complex ...

TheTarkhan Dress, found in Egypt, is the world’s oldest known complex woven garment, offering a rare glimpse into the life and fashion of ancient Egyptians. This simple yet elegant linen garment, ...

More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a simple, tailored linen dress, likely not realizing just how long it would stick around. The Tarkhan Dress, carbon-dated to 3482 to 3102 B.C., ...

One incredibly well-preserved 5,600-year-old mummy is now upending much of what we thought we knew about Ancient Egyptian embalming. A study published in the <Journal of Archaeological Science shows ...

“The dress has provided people with a real sense of the antiquity and longevity of the ancient Egyptian state and society,” Stevenson stated. As the oldest nearly complete garment ever discovered, it ...

In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the wife of Amenhotep wearing a kalasiris, or long linen dress, juxtaposed with a white ...

Mummification Ancient Egyptians believed that preserving the body in good condition after death was essential for the deceased’s smooth transition and activity in the afterlife. The early practice of ...

With the complex and precise mummification method and the way the linen was wrapped around the mummy, archaeologists were unable to unravel the linen because of the difficulty of re-wrapping it again ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a first-of-its-kind ancient Egyptian tomb that dates back nearly 4,000 years. The burial chamber contained the remains of 11 men, women and children, suggesting it ...

The Egyptians were known for producing luxurious linen fabrics that they used for clothing and ceremonial purposes. I mean, they even wrapped their mummies in linen sheets. Also, the ancient Greeks ...