The oldest socks from 1700 years ago are found in Egypt
News24xx.com - A sock has just been discovered and made researchers excited. Certainly not ordinary socks, but ancient Egyptian relics that came from 1,700 years ago. The look of the socks is in fact like you usually see now. Made with colorful woolen threads from 300 BC. It is believed, these socks was belonged to small child.
Based on the shape and look of the ancient Egyptian fashion style, at that time socks were combined with sandals. The proof, the thumb is made bigger and separated from the other four fingers.
These socks were first discovered in excavations in 1913-1914 in a landfill in Antinooupolis City, Egypt. Now that socks are in the hands of researchers at the British Museum of London. Using the help of new technology, researchers can finally unravel the history of the little socks.
The researchers, who published their findings on PLOS One, used multispectral imaging (MSI), a technique that scans artifacts and detects little color, to analyze socks. MSI allowed the team to find that the colorful striped socks were created using only three dyes: red, blue and yellow.
Because socks are only made with a few dyes, scientists can determine how innovative ancient Egyptians are with rare resources and weaving processes. "Before, you had to take a small piece of material, from various areas" Dr. Joanne Dyer, a scientist at the British Museum and lead author of the PLOS One study, reports.
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