Ancient Egyptian funerary garments and burial textiles (Old Kingdom–Ptolemaic, c. 2600–30 BCE)

1. Late Period linen bandages carry Book of the Dead

   Jan 1, 6500 BCELabels: Late Period, Book of, Linen bandages

   • British Museum

2. Linen becomes the core burial textile

   Jan 1, 2600 BCELabels: Old Kingdom, Linen, Flax

   • OUP Handbook
   • Met Collection

3. Old Kingdom elite burials standardize wrapped bodies

   Jan 1, 2500 BCELabels: Old Kingdom, Elite burials, Linen wrappings

   • Springer Study

4. Cartonnage spreads as a funerary textile technology

   Jan 1, 2100 BCELabels: Cartonnage, Linen mask, Plaster gesso

   • Yale Peabody
   • Heritage Science

5. Painted and “marked” linen shows organized supply

   Jan 1, 2051 BCELabels: Middle Kingdom, Marked linen, Workshops

   • Met Linen Marks

6. Textiles begin carrying Book of the Dead excerpts

   Jan 1, 1550 BCELabels: Middle Kingdom, Book of, Textile inscriptions

   • OUP Handbook

7. Shrouds and multilayer wrapping remain central

   Jan 1, 1400 BCELabels: New Kingdom, Shroud, Multilayer wrapping

   • Kha Merit

8. New Kingdom embalming produces labeled linen caches

   Jan 1, 1330 BCELabels: New Kingdom, Embalming cache, Tutankhamun

   • Met Bandage

9. Cartonnage cases and masks regain prominence

   Jan 1, 1000 BCELabels: Late period, Cartonnage case, Decorated mask

   • Yale Peabody
   • Heritage Science

10. Fourth–second centuries BCE: “book-like” bandage texts

    Jan 1, 400 BCELabels: Late period, Bandage texts, Memphis-Fayum

    • UCL Digital Egypt
    • OUP Handbook

11. Ptolemaic burials favor gilded cartonnage “sets”

    Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Ptolemaic, Gilded cartonnage, Funerary set

    • Met Tasheriteniset
    • NCMALearn

12. Ptolemaic–early Roman transition reshapes burial textiles

    Jan 1, 30 BCELabels: Ptolemaic, Early Roman, Cartonnage construction

    • Walters Museum
    • Heritage Science