The Iron Age site was a purple dye for centuries
Stone tool with purple dye residues found at Tel Shiqmona in Israel Maria Bukin/Shalvi et al., 2025, Plos One, CC-By 4.0 For centuries, a coastal settlement in modern Israel was home to the industrial scale production from marine snails of a purple dye that was one of the old world’s most precious ingredients. Known as … Read more