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Anthropology

soothsayer

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1. The romans made theirs from the murex sea snail

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 12:51 PM

Jan 2021

One snail gave one drop of dye. Thus: pricey.

You could find the snails by observing people we who lived near the ocean. If they had purple-stained mouths, the snails were there.

They’d dry the snails in the sun on huge racks — downwind.

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Israeli archaeologists find 'Biblical royal purple dye' [View all] Wicked Blue Jan 2021 OP

The romans made theirs from the murex sea snail soothsayer Jan 2021 #1

I believe that the same snails were part of the ancient temple incense recipe. BrightKnight Jan 2021 #2

Awesome factoid! I'll try to work it into my spiel soothsayer Jan 2021 #3

IDK about your spiel but I believe ancient Semitic-speaking Phoenicia used Tyrian before the Romans. BrightKnight Jan 2021 #5

Those may be the same molluscs referred to in the article nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #4