The Phoenicians were called the “Purple People” because they invented a purple dye (Tyrian Purple) made from the Murex sea-snail’s shell.Purple was the most expensive dye at that time and almost all of it was made by the “Purple People”. They were called the “Purple People” because the dye colored the skin of those who worked with the color!

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