The Niles Secret Woven in Light , Have you ever imagined a dress stitched not with threads, but with the whispers of beads? , Presenting the "Bead Net Dress" from the heart of the Middle Kingdom Ancient Egyptian Bead Net Dress: 2400 BC Fashion The bead net dress, dating to Egypts 5th Dynasty around 2400 BC, was excavated at Qau in the 1920s and later reconstructed in the 1990s. Likely worn for ritual dancing, it was designed to be worn on Ancient Egyptian faience beadnet dress, dating from the Fourth Dynasty, reign of King Khufu ca, 2551 2558 BC, found in Giza : r fashionhistory