Archaeologists unearth 3,800-year-old ‘scarlet worm’ piece of fabric mentioned in the Bible in Israel’s ‘Cave of Skulls’

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a 3,800-year-old piece of fabric dyed in a vivid scarlet hue deep within Israel’s Judean Desert.

Found in the Cave of Skulls, this small textile fragment is believed to have been coloured using dye from oak scale insects, a substance thought to be the “scarlet worm” referenced in the Bible.

Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities AuthorityA fragment of the rare 3,800-year-old textile[/caption] Dafna Gazit / Antiquities AuthorityArchaeologists in Israel’s Cave of Skulls...