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Roman Empire's 'Most Expensive and Sought After Color' Discovered, Dye Worth More Than Weight in Gold
The pigment was worth more than three times its weight in gold, as per a ... "For millennia, Tyrian purple was the world's most expensive and sought-after color," Frank Giecco, an archaeologist ...
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Discovery of a Bronze Age dye workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment
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