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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. ... and “possibly the only example of a ...
Ancient Greeks and the Romans considered Tyrian purple, first developed in the Bronze Age, an elite, royal color. But the recipe for the long-lasting pigment, made using Mediterranean sea snails ...
The earliest record of Tyrian purple production dates to the Middle Bronze Age (2000 BC to 1600 BC), the study authors wrote. Historians believe people within the ancient city of Tyre, on the ...
An incomplete ancient recipe for Tyrian purple recorded by Pliny the Elder was also consulted. By altering the percentage of sea salt in the dye vat and adding potash, he was able to successfully dye wool a deep purple colour. Recent research in organic electronics has shown that Tyrian purple is an ambipolar organic semiconductor. Transistors ...
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Grant is a 2020 American television miniseries directed by Malcolm Venville. Based on the bestselling 2017 non-fiction book by Ron Chernow , the three-part miniseries chronicles the life of Ulysses S. Grant , the eighteenth President of the United States , and premiered on May 25, 2020 on History .
Paul Friedländer (29 August 1857 in Königsberg – 4 September 1923 in Darmstadt) was a German chemist best known for his research on derivates of indigo (for example thioindigo) and isolation of Tyrian purple from Murex brandaris. Life and work. Paul Friedländer was born the son of Ludwig Friedländer in Königsberg in 1857.
Tekhelet (Hebrew: תְּכֵלֶת təḵēleṯ; alternative spellings include tekheleth, t'chelet, techelet, and techeiles) is a highly valued dye described as either "sky blue" (Hebrew: תּכוֹל , Ta'ḵhol or Ta'chol, Ta'hol), or "light blue" (כחול בהיר , ḵa'chol bahir, ḵa'ḵhol bahir, ca'hol bahir), that held great significance in ancient Mediterranean ...