Archaeologists tested a sample of red fabric, found in 2016, in the Cave of Skulls, in the Judean Desert, and report that it is from the Middle Bronze Age. The textile, made of linen and dyed red wool, had been made and colored between 1954 and 1767 BC. phys.org/news/2024-07...

Early evidence of an archaeological dyed textile using scale-insects: The Cave of Skulls, Israel. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Testing of red textile found in Israeli cave shows it was from the Middle Bronze Age

A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Israel has tested a sample of red fabric found in a cave in Israel in 2016 and reports that it is from the Bronze Age. Their paper is p...