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Wednesday, 07 January 2015 09:10

Ancient Egyptian Stitches

One of the rooms of Tutankhamun's tomb, before the archaeological clearance. Much ancient embroidery was found in the tomb of this 14th century BC Egyptian pharaoh.

The ancient Egyptians used a comparatively narrow range of decorative embroidery stitches. Identified to date, these are the blanket stitch, chain stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, seed stitch, stem stitch and the twisted chain stitch

Published in Ancient Middle East and North Africa
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