来自MSN1 个月
Discovery of a Bronze Age dye workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment
Once collected, the snails had to be kept alive until ... During this time, there is only evidence of Tyrian purple being used for textiles and wall paintings. However, there is more knowledge ...
BBC7 个月
Roman snail dye found in UK for first time
A rare dye made from snails for the robes of the Roman elite almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed at a cricket club. The chunk of Tyrian purple ... used as a dye in textiles." ...
来自MSN8 个月
The surprising reason why almost no flags feature the colour purple
The predatory sea snails only live in the Eastern Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The dye was known as Tyrian purple as a reference to the city of Tyre, in modern-day Lebanon ...
Business Insider1 年
10 African Businesses Making the World's Most Expensive Products
In Tunisia, Mohamed cracks and scrapes at snails to make authentic Tyrian purple dye. Farther south in Uganda, Akello pounds and grinds nuts by hand to make silky, luxurious East African shea butter.