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Tyre's purple dye hits peak drip — worth more than gold and only royalty can afford it
Around 1000-900 BCE, the Tyrian purple dye industry was absolutely printing money. Made from murex sea snails (12,000 snails per 1.5 grams of dye — insane ratio), this purple was so exclusive it became synonymous with royalty across the ancient world. Archaeological shell middens in Sidon are literally mountains of crushed snail evidence.
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