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A Purple Dye, On A Textile, Which Dates To About 1,000 BC, Around The Reign Of King David, Was Found At An Excavations Site In Timna, ~220km South Of Jerusalem. This True Purple Dye, Worth More Than Gold, Is Mentioned In The Bible, Including In Garments Worn By King David, King Solomon, And Jesus Christ.

Ancient cloth with Bible's purple dye found in Israel, dated to King David's era | The Times of Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-cloths-with-royal-purple-dye-found-in-israel-dated-to-king-davids-time/

3 scraps from 1,000 BCE, earliest such finds in region, point to Edomite kingdom described in Bible; vibrant and lasting ‘royal’ dye, mark of the elite, comes from murex sea snails