Tyrian purple
Alexander the Great’s tunic found?
A team of archaeologists led by Antonis Bartziokas from Democritus University of Thrace has reportedly identified the sacred "chiton" or tunic of Alexander the Great, sending shockwaves through the archaeological community.
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This ancient factory helped purple reign
The most prized pigment of antiquity was processed not from a tangle of root or the frothy extract of a weed, but by drawing out a slimy secretion from the mucus glands behind the anus of murex sea snails - "the bottom of the bottom-feeders," historian Kelly Grovier has written.
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