Rare 1,600-year-old purple fabric — woven with gold threads — found in France. See it
It turned out to be a 1,600-year-old fabric fragment woven with gold threads. A team of archaeologists spent several months of 2020 excavating a massive ancient burial ground in Autun. The site ...
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Rare Purple Dye Discovered in Ancient Fabric
Wool fibers dyed with royal purple from around 1,000 BCE found in Timna Valley, Israel. (Dafna Gazit, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority) (CN) — Evidence of fabric dating back to 3,000 years ...