2,700 year old fabric.

Have you ever heard of a piece of fabric that was older than 2,000 years old? In Athens, Greece, archaeologists found a piece of fabric that was 2,700 years old! The material was in a copper urn. Besides the fabric inside the urn, archaeologists also found dried pomegranates. This old antique was found in a burial they think imitated the cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "Iliad."

Interesting facts that I learned was:

1) The fabric found in the urn was an organic material and easily decomposable.

2) The pomergrates, that were also found inside the urn, were offerings that linked with the ancient gods of the underworld.

3) Only a few artifacts, similar, have beein found in Greece.

In my opinion, this is extremely fasinating that several artifacts have been found from a long period ago and are shown in museums for us to see.

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