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January 29, 2021

Fabric from the Time of King David Stained with the Ancient World’s Most Precious Dye

Royal purple and the Edomites.

In describing the vestments and curtains used in the Tabernacle and the Temple, the Hebrew Bible often mentions wool dyed purple using a rarefied pigment produced from the murex snail. Archaeologists recently confirmed that three textile scraps they found in the Timna Valley, near Israel’s southern tip, were colored with this particular dye. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:

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January 29, 2021

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