Discovery of a Bronze Age dyeing workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. For thousands of years, one color rose above all others—worth more than its weight in gold, according to a fourth-century imperial edict. Tyrian purple was a highly prized pigment that was developed in the Bronze … Read more

Discovery of a Bronze Age dyeing workshop reveals secrets of history’s most precious pigment

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. For thousands of years, one color was more important than all others, and according to a fourth-century imperial edict, was worth more than its weight in gold. Tyrian purple was a highly prized pigment that … Read more