“Israel discovered three thousand years ago, purple dyed fabrics, etc.”

On the 30th (local time), local media reported that a purple-dyed fabric, estimated to date from about 1,000 BC, during the reign of King David, was found in Israel.

The Israeli Cultural Heritage Administration said that a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University and Baylan University identified a piece of wool dyed purple while investigating the fabric excavated in the Timna Valley, known as the world’s oldest copper mine.

The Cultural Heritage Administration explained, “The researchers were amazed to discover the bluish-purple-dyed scrap fabrics, tassels, and wool strands.”

The Cultural Heritage Administration added, “As a result of confirming through radiocarbon dating, it was found in the Bible to date from the reigns of King David and Solomon around 1,000 BC.”

This is the first time that purple fabric, believed to be of the Iron Age, has been discovered in the Levant region of the Middle East and Mediterranean coasts, including Israel.

“At the time, purple was a color associated with kings, nobles and priests, and was a more expensive dye than gold,” said Naama Sukenic, curator of the Israeli Cultural Heritage Administration.

He added, “So far, we have known the existence of the purple dye industry in the Iron Age through the shells of mollusks stained with dyes, broken tiles, etc.” Gave meaning.

Violet dye, made from the secretion of pulp from the Mediterranean coast, is called’Tyrian purple’ after a city in southern Lebanon, and often appears in Bibles and Jewish ancient books.

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