It was valuable because they were the only ones to make it. Haha I'm smart and your not! suckers!
It was a trademark product.
The Greeks labelled them after their word for purple, after the signature purple dye they made from the murex shellfish.
Phoenicians.
Murex dye :)
The Greek word phoínios means "purple" - after the purple dye from a shellfish which the Phoenicians traded.
They made a purple dye from shellfish.
The purple dye the Phoenicians made from a shellfish. We talk today of Royal Purple.
The Phoenicians
Timber, metals, purple dye.
Cedarwood and purple dye.
The Phoenicians were famous for their purple cloth and they used shellfish for their purple dye in order to dye the cloth which is created only for the robes of the kings. hope this can help :)
From a shellfish. It was adopted by royalties as their colour.
The Phoenicians were the first to create purple dye, and became quite famous for it in the ancient world.