Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly ...

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It was not just one individual dyeing a garment for a king.” The dye is extracted from the glands of three types of murex snails. According to the researchers, Tel Shiqmona was likely selected ...

“Once we processed materials from earlier excavations, the scale of the dye production became clear.” The discovery of large vats, stained stone tools, and hundreds of murex sea snail shells provided ...

The site’s location, while disadvantageous for trading, was ideal because of its “access to the marine resource essential to dye production: murex snails.” The factory at Tel Shiqmona produced purple ...

Located at Tel Shiqmona in coastal Israel, the facility turned sea snails into purple dye at an industrial scale ...

Historians recently unveiled their findings about an ancient purple dye factory located in modern-day Israel — revealing a glimpse into life during biblical times. In an article recently ...

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