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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.

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