The Great London [04/19/22

  • Greater Middle East: Tarkhan Dress is the world’s oldest woven garment

    The Tarkhan Dress, a V-neck linen shirt currently on display in the UCL Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, has been confirmed as the world’s oldest woven garment with radiocarbon testing dating the garment to the late fourth-millennium BC.The Tarkhan Dress [Credit: UCL]Radiocarbon testing conducted in 2015 by the University of…

  1. Ashmolean Museum's new Ancient Egyptian galleries: preview
  2. Abdera Treasure at Athens Numismatic Museum
  3. Historians discover the secrets of Cassiobury at Watford Museum
  4. Major London exhibition of Russian and Greek Icons
  5. Explore the magical ruins of Petra on Google Street View