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Sunday, March 11, 2018

Tartan? It's all Greek to me

It is arguably the best-known cloth in the world and is celebrated as Scotland's national costume. However, an ancient civilisation that thrived in what is now GREECE might have blazed the trail for tartan: it seems likely that it was weaving plaid designs for clothing almost 3,500 years ago. Brian Wilton, one ...


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