Tyrian Purple Tyrian Purple was first produced by the Ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre. Currently Tyre is the fourth largest city in Lebenon, and a popular tourist destination. Tyrian Purple is produced by a fresh mucous secretion of a small sea snale called murex. The exact species is spiny dye-murex. Tyrian Purple was, and still is, very expensive. In Ancient Rome, to..
