The rare 3,800-year-old textile fragments that were dyed with insects of the species Kermes vermilio in antiquity. The fragments were found in 2016 in the Cave of Skulls in the Judaean Desert.

The rare textiles, which consist of uncolored linen and dyed bright red wool pieces, were originally discovered in 2016 in the Cave of Skulls, Israel, west of the Dead Sea in the Judaean Desert.