Mouhamad Ghassen Nouira works from a hut in his garden to process murex snails using techniques first developed by the Phoenicians to produce a dye known as Tyrian purple that sells online for ...

They popularised the purple dye, extracted from the Murex mollusc - a predatory sea snail with a dye-producing gland.

New era for green tech alternatives to replace petrochemical synthesized dyes. Bolinus brandaris, also called sea snail or purple dye murex Thousands of the murex sea snails are required to make 1 ...

The purple dye produced from Murex sea snails was a precious rarity in the Bronze Age Mediterranean region, explained bioarchaeologist Deborah Ruscillo of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Researchers say the first ‘high-tech industry’ on Haifa coast was a fortified factory for highly prized purple dye made from Murex snails.

Mouhamad Ghassen Nouira works from a hut in his garden to process murex snails using techniques first developed by the Phoenicians to produce a dye known as Tyrian purple that sells online for ...

TUNIS - A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple colouring that brought fabulous wealth to the ...

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple colouring that brought fabulous ...

Tunis, Feb. 9 (BNA): A Tunisian history enthusiast is making dye from sea snail shells inspired by a school project decades ago on ancient Carthage and the purple colouring that brought fabulous ...