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Tyrian purple is a reddish-purple natural dye made from the mucus of several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae. The dye was highly valued in ancient times and was used by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Byzantines as a symbol of power and wealth.
Tyrian purple is often described as being a deep reddish purple in ancient Roman times, but depending on the snail used and the amount of heat exposure, the shade could range from a dark indigo to ...
Hexaplex trunculus, also known as the banded dye-murex, is a sea snail that produces a purple-blue dye. Learn about its distribution, shell description, human use, and fossil record.
Murex is a genus of medium to large sized tropical sea snails with elongate shells and spines or fronds. They are known for producing tyrian purple dye, a rare organobromine compound used in ancient times for royal robes and garments.
The analysis identified it as an “incredibly rare” lump of Tyrian purple dye, also known as imperial purple, the company said in a May 3 news release. “For millennia, Tyrian Purple was the ...
Phoenix eventually settled in a country in Asia or Africa, which he named Phoenicia after himself. [33] He was said to have founded Bithynia which was previously named Mariandyna. [34] Malalas recounted following account about Phoenix and Heracles the Tyrian: "Herakles the philosopher, called the Tyrian, lived in the reign of King Phoenix.
Melqart was the tutelary god of Tyre and a major deity in the Phoenician and Punic pantheons. He was associated with Heracles in Greece and Hercules in Rome, and had a cult that spread across the Mediterranean.
Muricidae, also known as murex snails or rock snails, are a large and varied family of marine gastropods with over 1,700 living species. They have distinctive shells with spiral ridges, varices, and sometimes spines, and some are used to produce Tyrian purple dye.