A rare surviving piece of Tyrian purple dye, used to create the famed purple clothing of Rome’s Emperors. Found in the remains of a Roman bathhouse at Carlisle Cricket Club in NW England [2309×1533]
A rare surviving piece of Tyrian purple dye, used to create the famed purple clothing of Rome’s Emperors. Found in the remains of a Roman bathhouse at Carlisle Cricket Club in NW England [2309×1533]
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I thought Tyrian purple came from some kind of mollusk?