RARE 3,800-YEAR-OLD ARTIFACT DISCOVERED Archaeologists found it in Israel's "Skull Cave": It is mentioned in the Bible as many as 25 times
The textile dates from the Middle Bronze Age 1767-1954 BC. The textile had wool threads dyed red, which were woven through undyed linen threads to form a lattice-like design.
The "scarlet worm" or "scarlet worm" mentioned in the Bible is a scaly insect that lives in oak trees, and the main species of the ancient world was Kermes.