Articles, tagged with "amulets", page 1

Beading can become a passion. In the beginning you start out making a simple beaded necklace for yourself, then for a family member, then for a friend, then others like what you do and you find you are kept busy designing and assembling many types of bead...

Transparent tones range from pale to dark yellow, to yellow light brown. Cloudy amber comes in many colors. Amber is fossilized resin of ancient trees that grew in "amber forests". Through various physical and chemical changes the resin becomes Amber. Am...

Little is known about the production of glass in the ancient world. One early source, Pliny the Elder (AD 23 - 89), reported the tale of natron (soda) merchants who, when they stopped to prepare a meal, supported their cooking vessels on the beach with bl...