Researchers believe that the purple dye produced at Shikmona was transferred to neighboring countries and may have been used to dye fabrics for the Temple in Jerusalem.

Tel Shiqmona, on the Haifa coast, was one of the important centers for the manufacture of the rare and prestigious purple pigment.The post How Israel produced luxury dye 3,000 years ...

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