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Residents of ancient Egypt loved bright colors in their clothes. This was established by researchers from the British Museum using the non-invasive method.
Scientists were able to restore the original appearance of a children's wool sock, which belongs to the late Roman period in the history of ancient Egypt.
Sock found in a crypt in the Roman city of Antinopol in Egypt.
Egyptians extracted paint from madder (red), woad (blue) and resedy (yellow).
"It was interesting to discover that different colored stripes on a child’s sock found in Egypt were created using a combination of only three natural dyes," said Joanne Dyer, a museum employee.