Bronze Age bigwigs in what’s now Denmark wore brightly colored glass beads made in the workshops of Egyptian pharaohs and Mesopotamian rulers, a new investigation finds. Trade routes connected Egypt ...

A newly discovered treasure trove of more than 10,000 colorful glass beads, as well as evidence of glassmaking tools, suggests that an ancient city in southwestern Nigeria was one of the first places ...

These glass beads might be from Venice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Brilliantly blue beads from Europe unearthed by ...