Finding the Color of an Empire
What a particular shade of black can teach us about an ancient civilization. The post Finding the Color of an Empire appeared first on Nautilus.
Before there was writing, humans had craft. And through that craft, empires learned they could communicate their reach—even through something as nuanced as the shade of a color.
One imperial hue has retained a sort of impact for more than a millennium, pulling a Peruvian archeologist to search for the source of its influence.
