The Egyptians wrapped mummies in bright saffron bindings, adding urine to preserve the deep golden color for eternity.

Henri Stierlin, a Swiss art historian specializing in Egypt and the Middle East, published a book in 1983 linking the Nazca Lines to the production of ancient textiles that archeologists have found wrapping mummies of the Paracas culture.

The priests and priestesses of Isis dressed only in white linen, and it was used to wrap mummies.

Linen was for example also used to wrap Egyptian mummies.

In Ancient Egyptian burial customs, byssus cloth (actually linen) was used to wrap mummies.

It originated in Mesopotamia around 8000 B.C. and reached peak refinement with the Egyptians, who wrapped mummies in it as well as treating lepers with linen bandages.

In ancient Egyptian burial customs, byssus cloth was used to wrap mummies.

Discoveries show it already existed in Egypt in the 4th century BC, where it was used to wrap mummies; linen was soaked in wax, and scratched using a sharp tool.

Large amounts of pine pollen were also found, consistent with the presence of resin used in mummification and some unburned linen was found to be similar to that used to wrap mummies.

The bandages used to wrap Egyptian mummies were generally about 250 metres in length.