Old-fashioned
Tuesday 13 July 1993 23:02 BST
CommentsA cloth fragment dating back to 7000 BC was found at an archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, AP reports from Chicago. The semi-fossilised material is at least 500 years older than any cloth ever found before.
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