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3,000-year-old fragments of cloth dyed with Royal Purple found in Israel
January 31, 2021
The discovery marks the first time purple-dyed Iron Age textiles have been uncovered in the Southern Levant.
Wool fibers dyed with Royal Purple, dating to approximately 1,000 BCE, found in the Timna Valley in southern Israel. Photo by Dafna Gazit, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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