Why so blue? Biblical dye was made from snails

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 12:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An Israeli researcher says she has identified a nearly 2,000-year old textile that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found.

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