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Oct 20 Blog

Arch-Tech: Purple Threads from the Days of David and Solomon

By: Megan Sauter

In January 2021, researchers at the site of Timna, in southern Israel’s arid Negev region, announced a unique discovery. They had recovered wool fabric not only dated all the way back to the tenth century B.C.E.—but also dyed purple! These are the first Iron Age purple textiles from the entire southern Levant.

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