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The Times of Israel on MSN7h
Made from snails and fit for kings: First biblical-era dye factory found on Israel’s coastAncient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly ...
New Scientist on MSN1d
Iron Age site was a purple dye factory for centuriesBeginning around 3000 years ago, Tel Shiqmona in modern-day Israel was a major centre for the production of Tyrian purple, a ...
The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.
One reader wonders: Since purple dye was scarce, why didn’t people just combine blue and red? Illustration by Aurélia Fronty Q: I’ve heard that purple was called the royal color because ...
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