Archaeologists have recovered the earliest evidence of plant-based textile dyeing. The evidence is a 3,000-year-old piece of cloth found in Israel's Arava desert that offers insights into a textile industry that supported a highly hierarchical society between the 13th and 10th centuries BCE.

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Archaeologists have recovered the earliest evidence of plant-based textile dyeing. The evidence is a 3,000-year-old piece of cloth found in Israel's Arava desert that offers insights into a textile industry that supported a highly hierarchical society between the 13th and 10th centuries BCE.