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Hexaplex trunculus shell collected near Tel Shiqmona. Four hundred such shells were identified by two free-style divers within 90 mins at a depth of one to two meters on October 20, 2020. Photo by Ayelet Gilboa. Image credit: Golan Shalvi et al. (2025), PLOS ONE (Figure 3). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Tel Shiqmona has received little attention compared to the grand coastal cities of the ancient Phoenician coast. But the site has produced the most complete archaeological evidence

A decorated egg from the Isis Tomb, Vulci, Italy. © Tamar Hodos, University of Bristol (with the permission of the Trustees of the British Museum).

February 9, 2021

By ANE Today Editor

Animals Craft & Industry Phoenicians Trade & Economy

Eggstraordinary Objects

February 2021 | Vol. 9.2 By Tamar Hodos In the interconnected world of the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians, Assyrians, and Egyptians, ostrich eggs were coveted by elites across the Med

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Purple Ambitions: Tel Shiqmona and the Rise of Israelite Dye Industry in the Iron Age

Eggstraordinary Objects