Several 1700 years old decorative mosaic floors have been excavated in a luxury villa located in present-day Turkey, once overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. New chemical analyzes reveal that recycled ...

The art of glassmaking dates back as early as the 15th century B.C.E. in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Early on, glassmakers knew how to color glass by mixing metallic oxides into the ingredients and popular ...

A collection of 56 pieces of Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek and Roman glass has gone on view at the Yale University Art Gallery. Held in the Mary and James Ottaway Gallery of Ancient Dura-Europos, the ...

New findings at Oluz Höyük reveal rare Phoenician presence in central Anatolia through unique infant burials and Carthaginian ...

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, ...

Underwater archaeologists in Burgas, Bulgaria have discovered over 100 glass objects dating back to the days of the Ottoman empire in the nation’s Chengene Skele bay. Previous dives in the area in the ...