Years of experimentation with the three different types of Murex found in Tunisian waters led Nouira to discover the ultimate combination of two different types of Murex, creating a long-lasting ...

Part of what made murex dye so valuable was that its colors remain brilliant. For example, 2,000-year-old pieces of murex-dyed wool found in caves near the Dead Sea are still vibrant today.

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have revealed a major production site for one of history’s most luxurious, and smelliest, colorants. By Franz Lidz The most prized pigment of antiquity was processed not from a ...