Hey Textilians,
I think you will find this artcle on murex dye interesting. The info comes from the eastern civilizations.
It also has evidence of very early Chinese silk in Egypt and another place.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/millenia.of.murex.htm
Nancy
Beautiful pictures, I'd forgotten what an interesting magazine this is.
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