Wool fibers dyed with royal purple from around 1,000 BCE found in Timna Valley, Israel. (Dafna Gazit, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority) (CN) — Evidence of fabric dating back to 3,000 years ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TYRIAN PURPLE DYE PRODUCER, MOUHAMAD GHASSEN NOUIRA, SAYING: "Our ancestors used to extract dye from the murex this way: they break the shell of the murex and then extract the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of an ancient workshop on a Greek island where a valuable purple dye was produced around 3,600 years ago. Excavations conducted in the ancient settlement of ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Researchers in Israel have identified pieces of fabric dyed ‘true purple’ dating to the 10th century BCE, when David and Solomon ruled in Jerusalem, according to the Hebrew Bible.