TAKE a look at the tiny sunshine-soaked islands just four hours from Ireland – with fabulous beaches, 27C temperatures and cheap pints. Nicknamed the ‘Purple Isles’, Île de … ...

The Île de Mogador is formed of two main islands as well as several tiny islets. Historically known as the Purple Isles (Îles Purpuraires) by the Romans thanks to their population of molluscs.

During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, archaeologists discovered two Early Cretaceous fossils estimated to be between 145 and 140 million years old that were mixed in with ancient Roman ...

Marine brachiopod fossils found among Roman artifacts on Morocco’s Mogador Island predate the island itself and may have ended up there via ancient trade networks.

During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, archaeologists discovered two Early Cretaceous fossils estimated to be between 145 and 140 million years old that were mixed in with ancient ...

Marine brachiopod fossils found among Roman artifacts on Morocco’s Mogador Island predate the island itself and may have ended up there via ancient trade networks.

During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, archaeologists discovered two Early Cretaceous fossils estimated to be between 145 and 140 million years old that were mixed in with ancient ...

Marine brachiopod fossils found among Roman artifacts on Morocco’s Mogador Island predate the island itself and may have ended up there via ancient trade networks.

Mogador Island is “geologically young” at about 2 million years old and has no Cretaceous history, indicating the marine fossils could not have formed there, according to researchers.

Mogador Island is “geologically young” at about 2 million years old and has no Cretaceous history, indicating the marine fossils could not have formed there, according to researchers.