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[[File:3105187 4d8a404b.jpeg|thumbnail|300px|left|Figure 1. Skara Brae in Orkney, UK, showing an early Neolthic house with platforms for beds.]]
We spend much of our lives in beds and numerous adverts discuss the merits of different types of . We obsess about our beds that . Bed stores seem like they are intended to give in every strip center. Advertisements promise us better sleep and a good night while peddling comfortzones or space age foams. TodayRemarkably, even today what represents a bed differs greatly from culture to culture. The history of the bed, like most furniture, has been shaped by its complex development. It is, on the one hand, an essential item of furniture, but for different cultures it has varied as an important object of cultural value to simply a utilitarian furniture piece.
==Early History==