“The larger nodule had a dull and cloudy surface and a translucent core.” The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the ...

The women were buried with an estimated 270,769 disc-shaped beads made of marine shells, animal bones and stone. Together ... also decorated with ivory and amber pendants in the shape of birds ...

There were also two amber beads, “an unprecedented material never attested before for this period,” according to the study. The shells, collected from the Red Sea, and some of the stone beads ...

2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 In 2018, archaeologists excavating a burial site in southern Jordan made an extraordinary find: thousands of beads fashioned from amber, turquoise, sea shells ...

More than 2,500 stone and shell beads strewn across the ... shells imported from different parts of the Middle East. Two amber beads represent the oldest yet discovered. The intricate necklace ...

Amber bead products are increasingly being advertised and sold across Europe as teething aids in the form of necklaces, bracelets and anklets. However, the Irish consumer watchdog has determined ...