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What color did snails make for dye by the pheonicians?
The snails made a rich purple dye, which was used for clothing
What is the vivid dye derived from sea snails?
Tyrian purple
Did queen Cleopatra make purple out of snails?
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Are murex snails still used to make dye?
Murex snails are no longer used as dyes because this use led to over harvesting and near extinction of the species. A synthetic dye that is close to the original color of the snail dye is now used instead.
When was purple dye created?
The phonecians created purple dye using snails. It was hard and ectreamly expensive - hence purple being related to royality.
How the people of biblical times made violet dye?
It was extracted from sea snails! I hope this helped!
How many murex snails does it take to make one pound of purple dye?
60,000. It says in my textbook.
How did Phoenicians gain their wealth and power?
They found snails that produced purple dye, and they sold it. They also had large cedar forests, and dyed the cedar logs with the purple dye that they got from the snails. They sold both things, many times successfully, and that's how they gained their wealth and power.
What was true of Phoenician snails?
The Phoenicians made purple dye from them, and the name Phoenicia comes from the Greek word for the colour.
What is a popular resource in Phoenicia?
Pine trees for timber, purple dye frim sea snails, food grains.
The ancient city of tire was made wealthy by selling a rich purple dye prodced by snails true or false?
the answer is........... False
How did the Phoenician gain their wealth and power?
They found snails that produced purple dye, and they sold it. They also had large cedar forests, and dyed the cedar logs with the purple dye that they got from the snails. They sold both things, many times successfully, and that's how they gained their wealth and power.
