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In Textile Layers: The wrapping of human remains, animals, and artefacts in Egypt, Sudan, and the Southern Levant

2026.06.10

New book on funerary textiles in Egypt, Sudan and the Southern Levant, edited by CTR scholar.
Seminars with CTR researchers are online

2026.05.12

Two seminars by the Crop History Consortium in the Ancient Crop seminars, with participation of…

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16 Mar. - 17 Mar. 2027

Call for papers: Dress and the material culture of the self along the Nile valley

Fashioning Sudan and Nubia international conference 2027.

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In Memory of Berit Hildebrandt (1974–2026)

Dr. habil. Berit Hildebrandt was a historian with a particular interest in textiles and material culture in the ancient world.

Publications

The Common Thread. Collected Essays in Honour of Eva Andersson Strand

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Interior Textiles in the Viking Age: Pillows, Bedding and Wall Hangings

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Funerary Textiles in Situ: Towards a Better Method for the Study of Textile-related Burial Practices