CreatureCast - Tyrian Purple from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. Before the development of synthetic dyes, pigments were created using organic materials. Nina Ruelle tells the story of Tyrian Purple, a dye ...

A dig on the grounds of the Carlisle Cricket Club in the U.K. has turned up a mysterious lump of a substance that researchers have identified as the pigment Tyrian purple. Their latest discovery was ...

Though small, the island of Aegina on the Saronic Gulf in Greece boasts a rich historical footprint that stretches back millennia. The island’s main settlement, Kolonna, was established on the ...

Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the aristocracy, new research reveals. The babies were wrapped in a fine textile ...

Centuries ago, there was a shade of purple so valuable that Cleopatra marked her sailboat with it; Roman emperors threatened to kill anyone else who used it; and the Catholic Church designated it for ...