Threads of Contact: Tracing the Relationship Between Egypt and the Southern Levant through Textile Tools

Investigates spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant and Egypt, exploring their evolution, regional differences, and cross-cultural influences from the Neolithic to the Persian period.

Textile tools offer a fascinating and yet intimate approach to ancient people. Textile production has been one of the core activities for millennia, spanning from domestic production to royal needs. Textiles were light goods, easy to transport and often exchanged over long distances. Technology and...