Posted: 12/31/2013 6:43:18 PM EDT
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Ancient Biblical Blue
Ancient textile may contain lost Biblical blue dye, Israeli researcher says Digging HistoryPublished December 31, 2013Associated Press JERUSALEM – An Israeli researcher says she has identified a nearly 2,000-year old textile that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found. Naama Sukenik of Israel's Antiquities Authority said Tuesday that recent examination of a small woolen textile discovered in the 1950s found that the textile was colored with a dye from the Murex trunculus, a snail researchers believe was the source of the Biblical blue. Researchers and rabbis have long searched for the enigmatic color, called tekhelet in Hebrew. The Bible commands Jews to wear a blue fringe on their garments, but the dye was lost in antiquity. Sukenik examined the textile for a doctorate at Bar-Ilan University and published the finding at a Jerusalem conference Monday. |
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Ancient Biblical Blue Ancient textile may contain lost Biblical blue dye, Israeli researcher says Digging HistoryPublished December 31, 2013Associated Press JERUSALEM – An Israeli researcher says she has identified a nearly 2,000-year old textile that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found. Naama Sukenik of Israel's Antiquities Authority said Tuesday that recent examination of a small woolen textile discovered in the 1950s found that the textile was colored with a dye from the Murex trunculus, a snail researchers believe was the source of the Biblical blue. Researchers and rabbis have long searched for the enigmatic color, called tekhelet in Hebrew. The Bible commands Jews to wear a blue fringe on their garments, but the dye was lost in antiquity. Sukenik examined the textile for a doctorate at Bar-Ilan University and published the finding at a Jerusalem conference Monday. Most of those relics that have been found were fakes weren't they? I swear that I saw a documentary on that not too long ago. |
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Most of those relics that have been found were fakes weren't they? I swear that I saw a documentary on that not too long ago. Quoted:
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Ancient Biblical Blue Ancient textile may contain lost Biblical blue dye, Israeli researcher says Digging HistoryPublished December 31, 2013Associated Press JERUSALEM – An Israeli researcher says she has identified a nearly 2,000-year old textile that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found. Naama Sukenik of Israel's Antiquities Authority said Tuesday that recent examination of a small woolen textile discovered in the 1950s found that the textile was colored with a dye from the Murex trunculus, a snail researchers believe was the source of the Biblical blue. Researchers and rabbis have long searched for the enigmatic color, called tekhelet in Hebrew. The Bible commands Jews to wear a blue fringe on their garments, but the dye was lost in antiquity. Sukenik examined the textile for a doctorate at Bar-Ilan University and published the finding at a Jerusalem conference Monday. Most of those relics that have been found were fakes weren't they? I swear that I saw a documentary on that not too long ago. I dunno. This find was just released today I believe. |