Pharaonic arts

4-12-2020

Ancient Egypt Handicrafts (innovations of the ancients) Part One. 3150 BC

Copied from Mahmoud Younes - Egyptologist - 30 Nov 2020

Ancient Egyptian Mats. Invention by the ancients for decorative uses, in the era of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, it was used to wrap the deceased with mats and then paint it with a blue 'nilah' (a type of sticky clay). Wool, cotton, and linen mats were used as wall decorations in official residences and official buildings as well as cemeteries throughout ancient Egypt-

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