An ancient color called Tyrian purple was the most expensive dye and it was more valued than gold in Ancient Greece, Rome and ...

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 ...

These areas are very important because they help us protect the plants and animals that live there.” While most of the time humans can only see the surface of the water while looking at Big River or ...

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