Every color trend has an underlying message if you know where to look, but none shouts “bow down” quite like purple. If it ...

For more than two millennia, the death and burial of Macedonian king Alexander the Great have been shrouded in mystery. He perished in 323 B.C.E. after suffering from a baffling illness for 12 days — ...

But Father Sibley raised a peculiar predicament: At the time of Jesus’ death, purple was a very expensive dye to use; only one shade existed — Tyrian purple, from the Tyre region.

I thrill at the sight of anything cardinal red or Tyrian purple, and when in Italy, must be physically restrained from visiting every church in my path. As a child, my first expressed career ...

In Tunisia, Mohamed cracks and scrapes at snails to make authentic Tyrian purple dye. Farther south in Uganda, Akello pounds and grinds nuts by hand to make silky, luxurious East African shea butter.

The much sought-after source of purple dye came from one of the glands of a sea snail called the murex. This particular shade, known as Tyrian, was unusual because it didn’t fade and became more ...

from natural latex mattresses and bespoke dress shoes to handmade calligraphy ink and ancient Tyrian purple dye. Our first stop is New Hampshire in the United States, where a master bladesmith has ...