| Linen being one of the earliest products known to | | | | along the fertile valley of the River Nile. |
| human civilisation has a historical heritage that goes | | | | In addition to that, linen has also been employed in the |
| back to centuries. During the times when man was in | | | | course of symbolism. Always held as an emblem of |
| the most basic phase of his development and was | | | | purity, one can find many statements of linen in the Old |
| trying to survive on the resources provided to him by | | | | Testament. While the children of Israel found |
| wild animals, the only form of fabric they had, to cover | | | | themselves wandering in the desert, and had deviated |
| their bodies with, was animal skin. | | | | from the path that Moses had laid down for them, and |
| In the later years, the nomadic communities came into | | | | were captivated in the worship of the calf of gold, it |
| being. These communities used to drive herds of cattle | | | | became crucial for them to return back to Tabernacle. |
| across the plains of eastern Europe. It was during the | | | | In the description of Tabernacle (which was the central |
| period of the great migrations that wool obtained from | | | | point of worship of Israeli tribes), the curtains were |
| flocks of sheep was also used as an item of clothing. | | | | made of fine linen. |
| It was after a long period that man happened to settle | | | | Its name used in the Holy Scriptures shows the |
| down and built cities to live in; not only that, but they | | | | importance of linen in the ancient times, a heritage that |
| also tilled and cultivated the land. The products of soil | | | | carries itself forward in the New Testament as well, |
| were inclusive of flax, which was made out of the | | | | which states that the angels were clothed in pure and |
| fibre that became the real source of linen production. | | | | white linen. |
| Concluding this notion, linen is considered as the very | | | | Later on, despite the development and advancement |
| earliest vegetable fabric that was woven by humans. | | | | of technology, the importance of linen stayed where it |
| With the passage of years, the legacy of linen | | | | was. In fact, linen is as popular in the current scenario |
| persisted throughout. In fact, some of the Biblical stories | | | | as it was in the historical years of its initial existence. |
| contain the mention of linen. For example, the story in | | | | Overall, the history of linen production dates back to |
| which Jehovah desired to slice the Egyptians, who | | | | the ancient times, illustrating the heritage that this fabric |
| were holding His chosen people as subjects, plague | | | | carries and the importance it has, both in the past as |
| became eventually responsible for ruining the crops | | | | well as in the present. |