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Strabo mentions the purple dye-works of Djerba [208] as well as those of the ancient city of Zouchis. [ 209 ] [ 210 ] [ 211 ] The purple dye became one of the most highly valued commodities in the ancient Mediterranean, [ 212 ] being worth fifteen to twenty times its weight in gold.
The violet-purple dye derived from the hypobranchial gland of the Murex marine snail, once profusely available in coastal waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea but exploited to local extinction. Phoenicians may have discovered the dye as early as 1750 BC. [ 85 ]
The flag of Galicia appeared for the first time in the 19th century, probably based on the colours of the ancient medieval flags of the Kingdom of Galicia. Originally, the flag was a blue St Andrew's Cross over a white field—St Andrew is one of the most popular saints in Galicia. The coat of arms of Galicia was the former flag of the Kingdom ...
Two-year old Taylor, mother Sara Sothern, and brother Howard, in 1934. Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born on 27 February 1932, at Heathwood, her family's home at 8 Wildwood Road in Hampstead Garden Suburb, northwest London, England.