A reconstruction of a dress from an Iron Age grave in the Netherlands, created by Prehistorisch Dorp in Eindhoven.
Hanna Geels
A 2,800-year-old red and blue checkered dress found in an early Iron Age grave in the Netherlands may be Europe’s oldest double-coloured dress.
The skeleton of the elite individual who once wore this striking garment was completely rotted by the harsh, sandy soil. But through mineralization beneath the metal jewelry, the remains of the heavily decayed and now dyed brown woolen dress provide evidence that the fabrics came from clothing, he says. Karina Grömer In the Natural History Museum of Vienna…
