Recreating a Celtic textile from Hallstatt

Ancient fragments of textiles have been found in the Bronze and Iron Age salt mines of Hallstatt, Austria, dating back from 400 to 1500 BCE.  I've always found it extraordinary when such fragile artefacts survive over such long periods of time.  In this case, many of the fragments were preserved by the salt itself, which …

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