Armenian Cochineal on the Silk Road: Red-Dyed Wool Mantles from Late Antique Egypt
Among the textiles recovered from the necropolis of Antinoé (Antinoopolis) in Middle Egypt during Albert Gayet's 1898 campaign, and now held at the Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs in Lyon, the group of men's mantles stands out as


