Ancient Egyptian blue glass beads reached Scandinavia
Chemical analysis of Danish discoveries extends range of Bronze Age trade
DISTANT BEADS These two cobalt-blue glass beads, found in 3,400-year-old graves in Denmark, came from ancient Egypt, probably via extensive European trade routes, according to new research.
A. Mikkelsen, National Museum of Denmark
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.