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:
Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time | BBC News
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3 responses to “Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time | BBC News”
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@alecm Immediate thought: wasn’t that the mysterious purple lump shown on Digging for Britain?
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Yes! Yes, it was. Excellent.
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I’ll try looking it up on iPlayer or something?
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@alecm
Percy was close, but not close enough.
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