Pieces of pottery stained with blue and purple dye made from murex sea snails are among the forgotten artifacts that sat in storage for about 50 years after they were excavated. They constitute ...

Tyrian purple was a highly prized pigment developed ... produced from Mediterranean sea snails, for its resistance to the ...

The much sought-after source of purple dye came from one of the glands of a sea snail called the murex. This particular shade, known as Tyrian, was unusual because it didn’t fade and became more ...