Signed in
We value your privacy
This site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and show personalized content.
Tyrian purple was one of the costliest and most mysterious of the dyes of ancient times. Used first by the Phoenicians, it was taken from the secretions of several species of mollusks, Murex brandaris and Purpura haemostoma and was reserved for use by royalty,