Archaeologists and volunteers excavating an ancient Roman site in the United Kingdom uncovered a “mysterious” purple lump. It turned out to be an “incredibly rare” substance once “worth ...

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In England, Archaeologists found a mysterious purple lump and it turns out that this was at one time worth more than gold. The lump was actually a very rare purple dye that was used in ancient ...

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom uncovered a “mysterious lump,” identified as rare Tyrian purple pigment, at a 1,700-year-old Roman bathhouse. Photo from Wardell Armstrong Archaeologists ...

Archaeologists working in England found a "mysterious lump" of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, researchers said in a news release. The researchers who ...

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CARLISLE, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that a ping-pong-ball-sized lump of Tyrian purple, a dye made from Murex sea snails, was uncovered in northwestern England at the site of a Roman bathhouse ...

Archaelogists working in England found an "mysterious lump" of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, researchers said in a news release. The researchers who ...

Purple was a symbol of wealth and the color of royalty in classical Rome. Furthermore, even if purple is flamboyant and attractive, its cost was more significant at the time. Tyrian purple dye was ...

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