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Purple Fabric Woven With Gold Threads Unearthed At A 1,600-Year-Old Necropolis In France
In 2020, archaeologists began excavating a necropolis near an early Christian church in Autun, France. They found 230 graves ...
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Rare 1,600-year-old purple fabric — woven with gold threads — found in France. See it
A close-up photo of the gold threads. Photo from Denis Gliksman and ... the ancient cloth may have had a plant or floral-themed design, the institute said. Photos show the vague outline of a ...
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Mining Company Nixes California Gold Exploration That Threatened Rare Daisy
A new-to-science plant species, the Inyo thread plant, is also located in the area where K2 Gold planned to build roads. Nearly every population of the rock daisy and the largest population of newly ...
Rare 1,600-year-old purple fabric — woven with gold threads — found in France. See it
After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...