The substance was found during a 2023 excavation of a Roman bathhouse.
Archaelogists working in England found an 'mysterious lump' of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth more than gold, researchers said in a news release. The researchers who found the 'soft purple substance' are working on a yearslong investigation of Roman remains in Carlisle, England, a cathedral city in the center of the country. The dig is being led by Wardell Armstrong, an environmental, engineering and mining company based in the U.K.
These ingredients allowed researchers to identify the substance as 'Tyrian Purple,' the color that the Roman Empire associated with its imperial court. The pigment is made from thousands of crushed seashells from the Mediterranean, North Africa and Morocco, according to the release, and was 'phenomenally difficult' to make and expensive to produce, making it worth more than gold at the time.
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