I have been digging into my archives of stories that I shot on film for the @NatGeo. I worked on a story about the origins of the ancient sailing culture of #Lebanon “Who are the Phoenician”. Phoenicia’ comes from the Greek ‘Phoiníkē’, meaning ‘land of the purple cloth’. The culture, while being the first true #seafaring (they learned to sail by the north star first) peoples, were also master traders at providing something in high demand. The rare purple of #Phoenician cloth comes from a small gland in a #murex shell extracted by cloth artisans in the #Phoenician homeland. The #dye was sought after by all the cultures of the time, and as a result the #Phoenicians were able to trade in high value, masterfully commanding the trade winds of the #Mediterranean for nearly 800 years. Here you can see the purple cloth made in modern day #Lebanon for the woman in the picture. @natgeo @thephotosociety @instituteartist @RobertClarkphoto
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