… Archaeologists found beds like this in a king’s tomb. People back then did not think soft pillows were necessary. The Egyptians put their heads on headrests made of wood and the Chinese had ceramic headrests.
After the year 100, only the rich had beds. Pool people still slept on the floor. The bed became a symbol of wealth. One emperor of Rome had a silver bed. Beds were also a person’s most valuable possession. When Shakespeare died, he gave his second best bed to his wife. Beds were so special that in England, when a rich person traveled to another person’s home, he took his bed with him. :)) When a person stayed at a hotel for the night, he had to share a bed with strangers. If a rich person came to the hotel, the manager threw a poor traveler out of a bed to make room. All this sharing meant that beds were not very ..