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Picture of the remains of the tunic, since I didn't see one in the article:

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1t...

> The revered tunic is is in fragmentary state and many small pieces less than 6cm (2.3 inches). It's pictured here in a shot from its discovery at Vergina in 1977

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/alexander-the-great-s-l...

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serious question, what am i even looking at here. is it so badly degraded that it's just not recognizable?

As a side note, purple dye was a Veblen good. Anything purple instantly signified wealth because they made purple dye by collecting 10k snails per gram of dye https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple

Just like rich people buy fancy watches that serve no purpose other than signifying wealth, imagine walking down the road in clothing that took thousands of laborers (slaves) thousands of hours to produce. Epic level of flexing on the peasants

Fashion's still quite an animal-intensive production:

https://genv.org/vegan-fashion-looking-at-leather-wool-fur-a...

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9drbh8sKzzykaX38P/...

The box alone is a very interesting object. I guess it's made of gold? And the modular hinge. Hope they do a 3D scan.

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