A 19th century engraving showing sunken remains of ruins of Ushu (old Tyre aka Melqart & Paleotyre ), Lebanon, now lost. One of its chief exports were purple dyes made from shellfish and known commercially as Tyrian purple.

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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