Ancient Flax Clothing. Thus clothes were quite simple draped loose-fitting and free-flowing. Péplos and a cloak ἱμάτιον.
The ancient Near East was the area of the world where sheep were first domesticated and their wool used in textiles and where flax plants were first cultivated and their fibers used for threads. Ancient Egypt Clothes - YouTube. Ancient Egyptians are thought to have been one of the first to thrash it into threads that they wove into linen threads.
Linen textiles are one of the oldest textiles in the world.
Although the Pharaohs recognized the existence of many various types of cloths they preferred cloths made out of flax. Flax crops deplete the soil so. The official website of FLAX clothing. Linen textiles are one of the oldest textiles in the world.
