| Tarkhan dress | |
|---|---|
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| Material | Linen |
| Created | c. 3482 – 3102 BC[1] |
| Discovered | 1913 Tarkhan, Egypt |
| Discovered by | Sir Flinders Petrie |
| Present location | Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London |
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 University College London (UCL) Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.[3] Radiocarbon testing in 1978 dated the item to around 2362 BCE,[3] though a further test in 2015 by the University of Oxford affirms, with 95% accuracy, that the dress dates from between 3482 and 3102 BCE.[1]
- ^ a b c Lobel, Jarrett A. (2016). "Dressing for the Ages". Archaeology. Vol. 69, no. 3. p. 9. ISSN 0003-8113. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Lobell, Jarrett A. (2017). "World's Oldest Dress". Archaeology. Vol. 70, no. 1. Tarkhan, Egypt. ISSN 0003-8113. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ a b Landi & Hall 1979, p. 141.