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The Color Purple... In Ancient Israel Author: Gary Byers MA Created: 13 May 2021 In January 2021, the Central Timna Valley (CTV) Project published in the online journal PLOS ONE the results of their excavation of an ancient copper mining and smelting operation in southern Israel, along with an analysis of three specific items found in the excavation. Their report offered to the world – because this respected peer-reviewed research journal is available online to everyone – a special look into the world of the ancient Near East and the Bible.  Timna Copper P...

Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel's Jewish World and Archaeology editor. Fragment of the rare purple fabric from 1,000 BCE excavated in the Timna Valley. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority) Painting of David anointed king by Samuel, wearing royal purple, from the Dura Europos Synagogue, Syria, 3rd century CE (public domain) Fragment of the rare purple fabric from 1,000 BCE excavated in the Timna Valley. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority) Species of murex found on Israeli coasts (right to left): Spiny Dye-Murex (Murex brandaris); Banded Dye-Murex (Murex trunculus), an...

Archaeologists found scraps of purple thread from a dig site in the Timna Valley The dry conditions in this mining region let the organic artefacts be preserved 'Royal' or 'argaman' purple clothing items are described in various Biblical texts However, samples of such garments had never been found from the time period The dye was made from a substance from the glands of Mediterranean shellfish