The shirt 5,000 years ago looks exactly like modern clothes

The 5,000-year-old shirt found in an Egyptian tomb has beautiful stitching and folds, revealing the sophistication and prosperity of ancient society.

National Geographic on February 18 reported that the shirt named Tarkhan , born around 3482 BC, was an extraordinary discovery. Very few clothing from the early age can avoid decomposition by making fibers from animal fibers or animal skin.

Textile fabrics found in archaeological areas are usually dated to no more than 2,000 years, according to Alice Stevenson, manager at Petrie Egyptian Archaeological Museum at the University of London, UK, author of the study published in the journal. Antiquity.

The 5,000-year-old shirt has many details like modern costumes.(Photo: Petrie Egyptian Archaeological Museum).

A few cloths dating back to Tarkhan still exist today, but they are simply wrapped or simply wrapped outside the body. In contrast, Tarkhan's shirt is a truly high-end item. With sewn sleeves, V-neck, small folds on the chest, the shirt can be displayed at a modern department store if intact.

These subtle details are most likely the product of a professional craftsman, living in a prosperous and decentralized society, like ancient Egypt 5,000 years ago, when the kingdom first unified under the only ruler. Wrinkles on the elbows and armpits also show that used and non-sacrificial shirts.

After spending five millennia in the Egyptian crypt, the shirt was taken to the Petrie Museum in the early 1900s and mixed in rags. When conservationists categorized fabrics in 1977, they noticed it.

According to researcher Jana Jones of Macquarie University in Australia, only the upper class can own the shirt. Hieroglyphs for the shirt are also on the list of items brought to the afterlife of ancient Egypt, along with food and makeup.

"I am very happy to know Tarkhan's shirt is dated and scientists have put it in the same position as the oldest cloth outfit," Jones said.