3,000-year-old textiles are earliest evidence of chemical dyeing in the Levant

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University archaeologists have revealed that cloth samples found in the Israeli desert present the earliest evidence of plant-based textile dyeing in the region. They are estimated to date from the 13th-10th centuries BCE, the era of David and Solomon.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology http://ift.tt/2uj5Vnm