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The dye linking blue jeans and ancient textiles
Indigo expert Jenny Balfour-Paul explains some of the remarkable properties of the indigo dye which are valued in modern jeans but also allow archaeologists to establish what kind of blue dye was used on ancient textiles.
Photo:Torn blue jeans Credit: P. Saranya/Getty Images
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