Nasdaq

Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals

A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple colouring that brought fabulous wealth to the classical ...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

This ocean snail creates its own raft of bubbles

This past week’s strandline delivered a spectacular mix of open-ocean drifters, man o’ wars, blue buttons, by-the-wind sailors and — tucked among them — one of my favorite finds: the purple storm ...
Artnet

Archaeologists Have Discovered Ancient Textiles in Israel Colored With a Purple Sea-Snail Dye That Was Once More Valuable Than Gold

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered three textile scraps containing purple dye dating to around 1000 BC, when King David is said to have ruled the area in Israel’s southern tip, including Timna, ...
Miami Herald

3,500-year-old purple dye found at ruined workshop in Greece, study says. Take a look

Archaeologists excavated 3,500-year-old ruins on Aegina island and found a purple dye workshop, a study said. Photo from the Paris Lodron University of Salzberg, Department of Classics/Classical and ...
WGNO

Rare, purple sea snails wash ashore on San Diego beaches

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — Beachgoers in San Diego may have spotted some glistening, purple shells reminiscent of small gemstones in the sand recently. Scientists at the University of California, San ...