EgYarn: Textile production in New Kingdom Egypt. Results and conclusions

Presentation by Chiara Spinazzi-Lucchesi.

Textile production in Pharaonic Egypt has received little attention despite the incredible state of preservation of tools and textiles. Thousands of textiles have never been studied or published and the whole discussion was based on the very few items published thus far. The EgYarn project aimed at studying the textile production of New Kingdom Egypt (1550 - 1070 BCE) using data from archaeological, textual, and iconographical sources and experiments. In this final presentation of my project, I will demonstrate how rich and resourceful is the topic and the potential of studying all the resources together. All the different sources offer a part of the picture that is only apparently in contradiction with the others and prove how complex and varied the organisation of textile production was at the heyday of the Pharaonic period. I will also show the challenges that today limit our full comprehension and some possible strategies to overcome them.

A free discussion among all participants will follow the lecture.

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