{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/e4717da8892544bca7b7aff597e27407\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1726\" height=\"1294\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":1294,"width":1726,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":1294,"thumbnail_width":1726,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/e4717da8892544bca7b7aff597e27407-68095b31398fcbfd.gif","duration":581.681,"title":"First Phoenicians and Tyrian Purple Origins","description":"This Loom introduces the Slice of History series and the opening chapter on the first Phoenicians and their role in early North African trade. It places Phoenician sailors from Tyre, modern-day Lebanon, on a timeline beginning around the 9th century BCE and focuses on Carthage, founded around 814 BCE, as their strategic trading hub. The session highlights Tyrian purple made from Murex snail mucus, noting it took 12,000 snails to produce one gram of dye and that it became a royal and priestly color. It also previews upcoming creative and research work tied to the Tafet or Tophet of Salambo, which has been scanned and placed in Sketchfab, with emphasis on preserving what remains."}