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Sep 24 Blog

The Land of Salt?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

A team from the University of Haifa identified dozens of salt production installations in the immediate vicinity of the coastal city near modern Haifa, many of which had been used and reused for hundreds of years, between 200 B.C.E and 1300 C.E.

Purple-clad David anointed king by Samuel.

Jan 31 Blog

The Royal Purple of David and Solomon

By: Jonathan Laden

Purple dye, made from Mediterranean mollusk, gives textiles the royal purple color that is often referred to in the Bible. For the first time in the Levant, remnants of the dyed fabrics have been found from 1,000 B.C.E., the time of biblical Kings David and Solomon.

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