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BYSSUS - One Woman Left on Earth Knows How to Spin Silk from Clam Spit - Each piece estimated to be worth Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars.
The ancient art of spinning golden sea silk – or byssus – from the saliva of a clam has been around for 10,000 years. It was brought from the ancient Middle East by the great-granddaughter of Herod the Great during the second half of the First Century, and is commonly believed to be the finest fabric known to Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
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Byssus
Chiara Vigo-The last master of marine byssus
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history of sea byssus cloth
Was byssus what Jason's Golden Fleece made from?
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