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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.

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.

Sep 9 Blog

The Blurred Lines of Biblical Timnah

By: Jennifer Drummond

Who were the people of biblical Timnah—Philistines? Israelites? Judahites? Canaanites? In the article “Blurred Lines: The Enigma of Iron Age Timnah,” from the July/August/September/October 2019 […]

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