Tekhelet - A Chemical Conundrum

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Publication: Derech Hateva Volume 13

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Derech HaTeva is a publication of the undergraduate students of Stern College for Women.
Editors in Chief: Shira Apfel, Esther Frederick, Rebecca Katz.

Recent chemical evidence has led scientists to believe that the chilazon is, indeed, the Murex trunculus snail, which was used by the Phoenicians to dye their garments.

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