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Use of Silk In Ancient Egypt
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| Original print at NATURE, March 4, 1993
| G.Lubec, J. Holaubek, C. Feldl, B. Lubec, E. Strouhal
Posted on 07/24/2022 10:08:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Thanks! Interesting stuff!
I have a sister who spun some silk on a spinning wheel she got from New Zealand. She made it into a skein and gave it to me. I’ll never use it. I just like to look at it and think of all the work (and love) that went into it.
I love silk and have LOTS of washable silk. I haunt the thrift stores to find tops and skirts that are made of silk I can afford, now that I’m retired.
‘Face
;o]
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07/24/2022 11:27:56 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(Growth is painful. Change is painful. Nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you don't belong.)
To: Monkey Face
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07/24/2022 11:29:13 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Do the authors of this article have any idea where the silk was produced? We already know that the Mediterranean island of Cos made silk in ancient times. However, it wasn’t as good as Chinese silk, so when silk from China became available, the Coan silk industry went out of business.
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07/24/2022 11:32:18 AM PDT
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Berosus
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07/24/2022 11:34:54 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Thanks, I never knew that.
I knew all about the hemp, now I wonder about a lot of other organic compounds.
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07/24/2022 3:41:09 PM PDT
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algore
To: SunkenCiv
In C.B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, Charlton Heston's character Moses, brings back silk and displays it to the royal court. I always thought that was out of time and place, but I guess he was right!..................
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07/25/2022 5:57:57 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Nope. Even if this find were correctly dated, the Exodus was mid-15th c BC; even the conventional misdating of the Exodus is two centuries older than the incorrect date of this find. My wild guess is, there was an earlier, then-recent discovery of something that appeared to be Chinese silk, from a Ramses ii context, that has subsequently been found to be not silk or not Chinese. :^)
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07/25/2022 6:03:27 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: algore
The backlash against finding tobacco and cocaine was breathtaking.
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07/25/2022 6:08:58 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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07/25/2022 6:23:17 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Is such a thing even possible? Yes, it is.
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07/25/2022 11:55:36 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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