FOUND IN THE FOLDS: A REDISCOVERY OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PLEATED TEXTILES AND THE ANALYSIS OF CARBOHYDRATE COATINGS

Found in the Folds: A Rediscovery of Ancient Egyptian Pleated Textiles and the Analysis of Carbohydrate Coatings

Charles T.Currelly, first director of the Royal Ontario Museum, participated in excavations of the tomb of King Nebhepetre, now known Foundation as Mentuhotep II, (Dynasty XI) in Deir el-Bahri, Egypt in 1906.He brought to Canada many objects from the excavations, and objects that he purchased while in Egypt; these formed the initial collection of t

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