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FLAX IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Since the time of the pyramids, Linum usitatissimum L. provided the essential textile fibers for weaving and making clothing. However ...
Aug 18, 2023

Flax cultivation at the Estonian Agricultural Museum
The Museum The Estonian Agricultural Museum is located in the historic Ülenurme Manor estate near Tartu. The museum, founded in 1968,...
Jun 23, 2023

Flax-growing and linen production in medieval iconography: tools, techniques and gestures
In the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...
Mar 3, 2023

Linum usitatissimum: an archaeobotanical view on a preserved seed of ‘the most common one’
The picture shows an uncharred flax seed found under waterlogged conditions in Ploča Mičov Grad at Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia.
Feb 10, 2023
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