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Anthropology

BrightKnight

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5. IDK about your spiel but I believe ancient Semitic-speaking Phoenicia used Tyrian before the Romans.

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 04:03 PM

Jan 2021

Reading about it and actually seeing it are two different things.

Actually being able to smell ancient incense that were reverse engineered using tools like nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is equally impressive.

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Israeli archaeologists find 'Biblical royal purple dye' [View all] Wicked Blue Jan 2021 OP

The romans made theirs from the murex sea snail soothsayer Jan 2021 #1

I believe that the same snails were part of the ancient temple incense recipe. BrightKnight Jan 2021 #2

Awesome factoid! I'll try to work it into my spiel soothsayer Jan 2021 #3

IDK about your spiel but I believe ancient Semitic-speaking Phoenicia used Tyrian before the Romans. BrightKnight Jan 2021 #5

Those may be the same molluscs referred to in the article nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #4