The oldest known straw hat in the world? A 1,500-year-old late Roman grasswork "Panama hat" from Flinders Petrie's 1901-2 field season in Egyp—donated to the @Pitt_Rivers by the Egypt Exploration Fund. In 2017 we radiocarbon dated this hat to CE 420-568. #CURATORBATTLE #BestHat pic.twitter.com/hiLzL0UJVF

— Dan Hicks (@profdanhicks) May 1, 2020