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3,000-year-old wool fibers dyed pink-purple hue. Image credit: Dafna Gazit / Israel Antiquities Authority.

3,000-Year-Old Fragments of Royal Purple Dyed Textile Found in Israel

Jan 29, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

While evidence for the important role of purple dyes in the ancient Mediterranean goes back to the early 2nd millennium BCE, finds of dyed textiles are...