Today, glass is ordinary, on-the-kitchen-shelf stuff. But early in its history, glass was bling for kings. Thousands of years ago, the pharaohs of ancient Egypt surrounded themselves with the stuff, ...

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 ...

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“With so much turmoil in the world right now, it’s important to bring joy to life’s moments.” By Lia Picard Your eyes aren’t deceiving you: You are, in fact, seeing cobalt blue everywhere. It’s ...

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