A Brief History of Egyptian Cotton
The cotton plant is a leafy green shrub that belongs to a family that includes hibiscus and okra. It can grow up to 3.5 meters with the plants taproot reaching the depth of 1.5 meters underground.
It's creamy pink flowers emerge but are only for a brief moment. Once the flowers are pollinated, they then turn into soft cotton balls. The cotton plant is natural vegetable fibre that is used in the manufacturing of cloth. It is also pressed into cottonseed oil producing one of the world's most popular vegetable oils.
Scientists are not really sure how long cotton has been used in textiles. Bits of cotton balls and cotton cloth were found by scientists searching caves in Mexico and have estimated the find to be at least 7,000 years. Egyptian were growing a form of cotton in the Nile Valley as early as 3,000 BC.
The Egyptian cotton is the most preferred cotton worldwide again because of it's long fibres that make it extremely soft and strong. Cotton was once so valuable in Egypt that it became the most imported crop to other countries that Egyptians themselves couldn't afford it.
Products that are manufactured using 100% Pure Egyptian Cotton are positioned as the worlds finest.