Ancient Egyptian priests wore this textile made from flax; so did mummies
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Linen History  Deck Towel  Introduction to the History of Linen The history of textiles production spans cultures ... Oldest Textiles Discovered by Archaeologists are Flax Fibers ... mummy wrapping ... the linen woven in ancient Egypt has survived so many times over into our ... law was written, pagan priests traditionally wore garments made of shatnez,...
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Ancient Egypt: Flax and linen  Ancient Egypt: Flax - harvest, linen production: spinning, weaving ... Being made overseer of all flax was not the least of the many honours bestowed ... who had been a high priest of Thoth in Ptolemaic times) show flax being grown as a crop. ... the Butic, and the Tentyritic--so called from the various districts in which they are...
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WHKMLA : A History of Textiles in Egypt  Egypt produced most of the flax products of all kinds; the goddess Isis, was ... (see the article "Weaving Textiles of the ancient Egypt", the article "Dyeing of the Egyptian ... to be a piece of linen found in Anatolia, estimated to be made around 7000 BC. .... (In case of animal fur, the priests wore it while the others tabooed it and...
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Flax - Wikipedia  Flax Linum usitatissimum, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fiber crop cultivated in cooler regions of the world. The textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and ... Egyptian priests only wore linen, as flax was considered a symbol of purity. Phoenicians traded...
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Linen - Wikipedia  Linen /lnn/ is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linen is laborious to ... Linen was sometimes used as currency in ancient Egypt. ... Plutarch wrote that the priests of Isis also wore linen because of its purity. .... Linen has poor elasticity and does not spring back readily, explaining why it wrinkles so easily.
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Clothing in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia  Ancient Egyptian clothes refers to clothing worn in ancient Egypt from the end of the Neolithic period (prior to 3100 BC) to the collapse of the Ptolemaic dynasty with the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Egyptian clothing was filled with a variety of colors. ... However Egyptian clothes were mostly made from linen, which tends to sag.
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Ancient Egypt: Clothing  Loincloth, Source: 'Ancient Egypt' by Lionel Casson, Time-Life Books ... Wool was used to a lesser extent, and seldom by Egyptians proper. ... ranging from the finest woven linen, the byssus for royalty, to the coarse cloth peasants wore. ... hanging about the legs, called "calasiris", and loose white woollen cloaks over these.
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Animals Mummified by the Millions in Ancient Egypt -- Secret History ...  Jan 6, 2012 ... Millions of animals were     ritually slaughtered in ancient Egypt to foster a ... falcon god, while cats were sacrificed to the protective goddess Bastet. ... In the late 1800s these cat mummies were even sold for agricultural purposes. ... before Darwin  Tribute to the Last Honorable US Senator: The Story of Paul...
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Coptic and Byzantine textiles found in Egypt: Corpora, collections ...  The first private and museum collections, and collections associated with the ... of the Upper Egyptian cities of Panopolis and Antinoopolis, there is doc- umentation that ... 6 Gayet's dramatic presentations have been noted in recent surveys: e.g., Rutschowscaya 1990. His publications .... Coptic by reference to their textiles.
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Jeopary Question, ANCIENT OCCUPATIONS - TriviaBistro.com  Jeopardy Question: ANCIENT OCCUPATIONS - Ahmes, one of these copyists, made an ancient Egyptian math table papyrus that is still in existence.
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Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian Mummies  The methods of embalming, or treating the dead body, that the ancient Egyptians ... wound the long strips of linen around the body, sometimes even wrapping...
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Ancient Egyptian Plants Facts for Kids - History for Kids  While there weren't many trees in Egypt, there were a lot of plants, flowers and crops ... There were also gardens set aside as funeral gardens, and these were ... The favorite fruit trees included figs, dates, doum palms, pomegranate, olives, ... Thatched roofs were made of the reeds and they had a process for the dried thin...
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The Holy Materials Used in the Building of the Tabernacle of Moses ...  Both Joseph and Jesus were sold for silver. ... Num 21:9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had ... The goat was a sacrificial animal. The Goat's Hair covering was the first above the tabernacle curtain. ... And the hair speaks of Christ as the separated One, just as the hair must be...
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History of clothing and textiles - Wikipedia  The study of the history of clothing and textiles traces the availability and use of textiles and ... It is not known when humans began wearing clothes but anthropologists ... knit or woven to make fabrics, which appeared in the Middle East during the late .... Some pottery pattern imprints depict also fine mat designs, proving their...
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Egyptian Afterlife Ceremonies, Sarcophagi, Burial Masks - Crystalinks  Ancient Egyptian civilization was based on religion; their belief in the rebirth after ... of ancient Egypt for the burials of the poor, who could not afford the elaborate burial ... in linen, and burying it in a rectangular stone sarcophagus or wooden coffin. ... Kingdom pyramid texts, where he is associated with the burial of the king.
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hair-shirt - New Advent  A garment of rough cloth made from goats' hair and worn in the form of a ... The sackcloth, for instance, so often mentioned in Holy Scripture as a symbol of mourning and penance, was probably the same thing; and the garment of camels' hair...
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sackcloths (garment) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of ... a coarse cloth of goat or camel's hair or of flax, hemp, or cotton | a garment of sackcloth worn as ... Garments made of this cloth, worn as a symbol of mourning or penitence.
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Mummification in Modern Times - Arab World Books  Chinchorro mummies in the San Miguel Museum in Arica city, north of Santiago. Picture / Reuters. Mummification is perhaps synonymous with ancient Egypt. ... Perhaps the oldest artificial mummification was performed on Chilean bodies around ... at the Wadi El Natrun, the ancient source, fifty miles north of modern Cairo.
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Cats in ancient Egypt - Wikipedia  Cats (Felis silvestris catus), known in ancient Egypt as "Mau", were considered sacred in ancient Egyptian society. Based on recent DNA comparisons of living species, it has been estimated ... As a revered animal and one important to Egyptian society and religion, some cats received the same mummification after death as...
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Egypt: Tour Egypt Monthly: Mummies of Ancient Egypt: The Process ...  Jun 1, 2001 ... Text from the three most important books of ancient Egypt: The Book of ... In order to dry out the organs and prevent decay they were placed in natron, a type of salt used for drying. ... The body was covered in natron to remove the moisture. ... When all the rituals were complete, the mummy was sealed within...
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Egyptian Afterlife Ceremonies, Sarcophagi, Burial Masks - Crystalinks  Wealthier Egyptians began to bury their dead in stone tombs and, as a result, they made ... god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. ... is in the place of embalming, associating him with the process of mummification. ..... In this depiction, the priest wears just such a mask, and is assisted by a...