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Ancient Mayan fabrics from Copan, Honduras, and a recreation of Mayan women washing clothes in a river.

New analysis of fabric found in a royal Maya tomb show that Maya cloth rivaled the quality of modern textiles

(Photograph by Edgardo Sanabri; National Geographic images courtesy R. Sharer et al., Penn Museum's Early Copán Acropolis Program)

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Ancient Mayan fabrics from Copan, Honduras, and a recreation of Mayan women washing clothes in a river.

Ancient Maya women weaving and washing textiles

(Illustration by H. Tom Hall/NGS; images courtesy R. Sharer et al., Penn Museum's Early Copán Acropolis Program

 

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In the News . . .

Most Ancient Coloured Twine Found -- BBC News (10 September 2009)

These Vintage Threads Are 30,000 Years Old -- NPR (10 September 2009)

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