Archaeologists Discover Ancient Facility that May Have Produced Scarlet and Blue Dyes Used in Temples

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Facility that May Have Produced Scarlet and Blue Dyes Used in Temples

Archaeologists have uncovered tools and facilities at a coastal site near Haifa, indicating it was a workshop for producing rare and expensive dyes during the Iron Age, between 1100 and 600 BCE. Researchers speculated that the workshop may have produced dyes used in the First Temple in Jerusalem. The research,  reported in the peer-reviewed PLOS One journal,stted that the site was a significant commercial production hub during the dynasties of t…