[SunkenCiv]

• [not murex] Scraps of Red Fabric Found in Judean Desert Identified [08/03/2024]
• Archaeologists Unearth 'Mysterious' Monolith At Ancient Temple [07/12/2024]
• Late Bronze Age Dye Factory Found in Greece [06/17/2024]
• Roman snail dye found in UK for first time [05/04/2024]
• On the trail of purple [02/04/2020]
• The Bible Described it as the Perfect, Pure Blue..for 2,000 Yrs, Everyone Forgot What it Looked Like [09/19/2018]
• Elusive Biblical Blue Found in Israel [01/03/2014]
• Supermarket molluscs reveal Roman secret [09/12/2003]

[monkeyshine]

Yes, purple was a color for wealth and power.
But in feudal Japan it was the color of illness.
Go figure.