The incredible number of shiny shell beads found in the Montelirio tomb reveals the power of an ancient female dynasty.

The Montelirio bead assemblage holds about 270,000 beads in a Copper Age tomb near Seville, Spain, marking buried women as ...

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NAHA--Researchers in Okinawa Prefecture have confirmed the discovery of the oldest artificially colored ornament ever found in Japan. Officials of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum made ...

Human culture developed slowly in northern Africa and the Middle East rather than bursting forth in Europe, suggest scientists, who have discovered what may be the oldest shell beads dating back ...

According to fashionistas, you are what your wear. But when did humans start decorating themselves for self-expression? Three bead-like shells from ancient Israel and Algeria suggest that such ...

Archaeologists show that the Chumash Indians had been using shell beads as money for at least 800 years. As one of the most experienced archaeologists studying California's Native Americans, Lynn ...

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