Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time | BBC News
Tyrian Purple is one of those materials that I’ve read about in any number of books but never actually seen; this is amazing and helps contextualize how valuable it really must have been:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjje132jvygo
⊞
https://alecmuffett.com/article/109725
#archaeology
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