Oldest indigo-dyed fabrics unearthed in Peru

Friday, September 16, 2016 - 11:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Brooks HaysWASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A handful of 6,200-year-old cloths found at an archaeological site in Peru offer the earliest evidence of the use indigo as dye -- long before its use in Egypt.

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