Egypt has successfully retrieved thirteen historical relics that had been illicitly exported to the United Kingdom and ...

Hidden within the Vatican lies one of the most remarkable Egyptian collections in the world. From papal inscriptions in ...

The beads and brooch from the broken pot also illustrate the variety of jewelry from ancient Egypt. Beads, often cut from precious metal and stone, were strung into intricate necklaces and bracelets.

Neolithic figurines were made to wear necklaces, and in ancient Egypt, beads were offered in exchange for the promise of an afterlife.

Mardi Gras beads, to the uninitiated, are just chintzy party favors doomed for the landfill. But they’re also a link to the past, a symbol of a celebration that’s been going on for as long as ...