FoWins beds are at least 40CM years <•;<!. One. of them was recently taken from tftonib of old Egypt and conveyed to an American mugewn. The Egypttaiii apparently considered a folding hod a very precious and valuable possem'um. Nothing of the sort has l>een found except in the tomhs of tlie very rWb. At the same timo that these- • folding beds were- found an arclueoiogist • 4i«Q(>vered a bunk used on the Nile ImMV 4000 years ago. This hunk difffWW.'Wy.- little from tlie state-room IffHßf of modern liners.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 15 October 1924, Page 14
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