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Elusive Biblical Blue Found in Israel
Scientific Computing ^
| Thu, 01/02/2014 - 10:30am
Posted on 01/03/2014 9:49:33 AM PST by null and void
Edited on 01/03/2014 9:51:09 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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An Israeli researcher says she has identified a nearly 2,000-year old textile that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found.
Naama Sukenik of Israel's Antiquities Authority said Tuesday that recent examination of a small woolen textile discovered in the 1950s found that the textile was colored with a dye from the Murex trunculus, a snail researchers believe was the source of the Biblical blue.
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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Judaism
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; israel; murex; murextrunculus
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Of possible interest...
To: null and void
Come spring I want to pain the ceiling of my front and back porch Haint Blue.
Probably not the same thing.
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posted on
01/03/2014 9:56:49 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Celebrating 20,000 posts of dubious quality.)
To: null and void
“Found”? I’ve worn techelet in my tzitzit for 13 years. Beged Ivrit has used this dye in techelet for at least 15 years,
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:00:36 AM PST
by
Tzfat
To: Tzfat
I read all the words but didn’t understand a single one of them.
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:04:50 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The War on Drugs has been used as an excuse to steal your rights. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: null and void
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:11:22 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(2014 the year of dead RINOs)
To: Gamecock
I’d go with Zane Gray accents on a ‘Enrey ‘Igging Just You White base...
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01/03/2014 10:13:25 AM PST
by
null and void
(It is as if they all had one head. Too bad they donÂ’t all have one neck.)
To: Tzfat
I believe this dye is also described in the book “1421”.
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:14:11 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: Gamecock
But I suppose Foreseeable Fuchsia would work too...
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:14:59 AM PST
by
null and void
(It is as if they all had one head. Too bad they donÂ’t all have one neck.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
To: Tzfat
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:18:23 AM PST
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: Tzfat
Perhaps the difference is that until now Beged Ivit used a dye that he thought was the authentic tekhelet dye, but now they know it is the authentic recipe.
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posted on
01/03/2014 10:19:22 AM PST
by
null and void
(It is as if they all had one head. Too bad they donÂ’t all have one neck.)
To: null and void
Probably ye old indigo...an awesome color used in map making...
To: Sacajaweau
I think it was that color that got one of the Carolinas started.
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posted on
01/03/2014 11:45:34 AM PST
by
Biggirl
(“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
To: null and void
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks null and void.
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posted on
01/04/2014 11:48:34 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: null and void
Of definite interest! Thanks, Nully!
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posted on
01/04/2014 12:39:05 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(SMILE: You don't own all the problems in the world.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/04/2014 12:42:14 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(SMILE: You don't own all the problems in the world.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I read all the words but didnt understand a single one of them. He sez he got nizzle in his shizzle.
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posted on
01/04/2014 12:57:05 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: null and void
Fascinating discovery of biblical antiquity.
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posted on
01/04/2014 1:04:12 PM PST
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
To: null and void
Thanks very much for posting this.
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posted on
01/04/2014 1:08:13 PM PST
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
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