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This project explores the cultural significance and material aspects of the chlamys garment in Hellenistic Egypt, highlighting its role in daily life and identity among Greeks and Egyptians. It examines the garment's evolution and its impact on cross-cultural interactions during the Ptolemaic period.
Hellenistic Egyptian history has been described as a 'tale of two cultures'.
This duality is manifest in the differences between the textile cultures of the two ethic groups that came into contact during the time of the Ptolemies.
The fundamental differences concern: a/ the traditional fibre used (linen in Egypt–wool in Greece); b/ the colour preference for garments (white for Egypt-a variety of vivid colours in Greece; c/ the loom used for weaving (horizontal in Egypt-vertical in Greece).
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