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Rare Tyrian purple reveals elite Roman infant burials in York

Rare Tyrian purple reveals elite Roman infant burials in York
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Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the aristocracy, new research reveals. The babies were wrapped in a fine textile of Tyrian purple embellished with gold thread—a cloth of the highest possible status and luxury known in the Roman world.

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