In a quiet museum case, a Roman glass cup that had sat in plain sight for generations has yielded a secret message that was ...

This beautiful translucent dish belonged to a wealthy East Londoner living in Roman Britain 1,700 years ago. The rare 'millefiori' bowl - meaning 'one thousand flowers' was unearthed by archaeologists ...

In 2017, a master’s student dug up a small piece of blue-green glass with a fish scale pattern on it during excavations at the Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire, one of the grandest Roman-era ...

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An extremely rare piece of glass has been identified as a 1,800-year-old fish bottle after two years of analysis by experts from around the world. The small piece of patterned green glass was found at ...

The people of the Roman Empire were a mix of many different cultures, religions, and societies. They enjoyed varying economic statuses and took advantage of the extensive trade network throughout the ...

A 1700-year-old Roman glass cup is inspiring researchers in their search for new ways to exploit nanoparticles and their interactions with light. A 1700-year-old Roman glass cup is inspiring ...

Archeologists have discovered an exquisite Roman polychrome millefiori dish in East London, U.K. The dish is made up of hundreds of indented glass petals (the term millefiori means simply "a thousand ...

The art of glassmaking dates back as early as the 15th century B.C.E. in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Early on, glassmakers knew how to color glass by mixing metallic oxides into the ingredients and popular ...

When a rare Roman glass vase emerged in 2009, it was big news in the art world – until the vessel vanished. Alastair Sooke uncovers a fascinating story. Of all the strange and surprising objects to ...