Rare pigment worth more than its weight in gold found in Roman infant burials in York, UK

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www.theartnewspaper.comby https://www.theartnewspaper.com/authors/maev-kennedyApril 30, 2026Submitted May 3, 2026

Some 1,700 years ago two infants were buried in York, UK, with the care, respect and expense usually reserved for Roman emperors and aristocrats, their little bodies wrapped in Tyrian purple-dyed cloth...

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