#  NY Times article on Shiqmona (White Levy funded project) 

 





March 12, 2024

 

 

A project by Drs. [**Ayelet Gilboa**](/people/ayelet-gilboa) and [**Golan Shalvi**](/people/golan-shalvi) ("[Shiqmona / Tell a-Samakh: A Late Bronze Age Temple Site and Iron Age Purple Dye Production Facility in Southern Phoenicia](/shiqmona-tell-samakh-late-bronze-age-temple-site-and-iron-age-purple-dye-production)." Grant awarded 2021) is featured in a New York Times article from 3/5/24.

<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/science/archaeology-tyrian-purple-murex.html>

An article on the publication project has been released by the authors:

[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0321082](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__journals.plos.org_plosone_article-3Fid-3D10.1371_journal.pone.0321082&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=KFEj5H2nJMng-GgPzMTRwc5rpnJKEZahjHZHU-xiRvg&m=e16a5XNZc88rXtj-wREnF6Ein-HJMdghK4FT6Iombj6KjIfG2EeLUjIq4ZnADk7t&s=cPhl9APpNknSoSqleMOVrtRTtZb-pQQjBTKhQiqA2pc&e=)



 

 

 

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