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 ...

An ancient Egyptian iron bead found inside a 5,000-year-old tomb was crafted from a meteorite, new research shows. The tube-shaped piece of jewelry was first discovered in 1911 at the Gerzeh cemetery, ...

In some craft circles, residents of Glendale, Arizona, are envied beyond belief and it takes only one visit to the Bead Museum to understand why. These beads aren’t just for crafters (although the ...