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To: Destro

BTW, I think the dye they were famous for was purple...wasn't it. Made from some lengthy process from a particular sea shell creature.

4 posted on 02/19/2004 9:12:56 PM PST by blam

To: blam

The color purple was a redish purple not the Prince rock star purple. Nothing to do with Celts or red hair.

5 posted on 02/19/2004 9:56:12 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)

To: blam

The color of Phoenician royal purple looks like the purple in this mosaic of the Emperor Justinian from San Vitale in Ravenna.

6 posted on 02/19/2004 10:27:53 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)

To: blam; Destro

I think a royal purple, the color reserved for kings, was made from some variety of cave-dwelling snails.

21 posted on 10/13/2004 3:51:53 AM PDT by elli1

To: blam

And the Greeks called it a wine-dark sea, too. Were they color-blind? :)

I've heard they called them "red" for their sunburns, not for their dye. Probably in fact it was neither.

25 posted on 10/13/2004 2:07:46 PM PDT by Graymatter (Reload Bush/Cheney 2004)

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