Egyptian Cotton Towel: A Royal Luxury

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An Egyptian cotton towel is made from the long, silky threads of pima cotton. Pima cotton is known scientifically as Gossypium barbadense and generally as extra long staple cotton. While cotton originally came from Ancon, a site on the Peruvian coast, and was domesticated before 4200 BC, it has thrived in many places […]

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Egyptian Cotton Towels: Modern and Luxurious

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The luxury afforded by Egyptian cotton towels is a relatively new phenomenon. Historians wonder how much towels were even used prior to indoor plumbing and modern mechanized manufacturing techniques. The few towels that are found from relatively recent Victorian times are small and found with the wash basins that were used for grooming […]

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