来自MSN1 个月
Discovery of a Bronze Age dye workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment
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来自MSN1 个月
Archaeologists Discovered Evidence Of A 3,600-Year-Old Ancient Purple Dye Workshop On A ...
The dye that was produced from these snails was called Tyrian purple. It was extremely valuable in the ancient world because of how difficult it was to make. It required thousands of snails to be ...
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, roughly the size of a ping pong ball ...
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.