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Levantine Amber Glass Wine Cup
This beautiful amber-colored glass wine cup (diam. ca. 15 cm), with its fine horizontal grain on the edge, is an early example of moulded glass produce from the Levant (ca. 100 BCE - 100 CE; APM inv. no. 14.023). It...
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Decorative Glass Medallion Depicting Christ
This glass disc came from the base of a drinking vessel, which may have been made as a wedding gift. Many such discs have been found in the catacombs of Rome, suggesting that when one of a married couple...
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Glass with Painting of a Gladiator
A Roman gladiator painted on a glass beaker from Roman Egypt, 1st century CE. It is part of the Begram Treasure group of artefacts from the 1st-2nd century CE, discovered in the area of Begram in Afghanistan, which...
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Ancient Handicrafts in Rural Lebanon
Traditional Lebanese handicrafts are considered to be a major sector of the living cultural heritage in the rural areas of Lebanon. Transmitted from one generation to another, traditional rural Lebanese handicrafts...
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Wine Culture in the Hellenistic Mediterranean
The culture of drinking wine was enjoyed throughout the Mediterranean world, and what is true now was true in antiquity, too: wine is always good business. The Hellenistic Period (c. 335-30 BCE), between...
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Glassmaking Technique: Roman Mold-Blown Glass
Mold-blown glass is made by blowing hot glass into a mold made of clay, wood, or metal. The glass is forced against the inner surfaces of the mold and assumes its shape, together with any decoration that...
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Richard III & Henry VII, Stained Glass Window
A stained glass window showing the two rivals for the throne of England at the end of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487 CE). In 1485 CE at the Battle of Bosworth, Richard III of England (r. 1483-85 CE) was...
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Stained Glass Portrait of Hildegard of Egisheim
Stained glass portrait of Hildegard of Egisheim (otherwise known as Hildegard of Schlettstadt/Sélestat) created in 1892, photograph by Ralph Hammann, Church of Saint Faith of Sélestat, France, 2 July 2011...
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Saint Margaret of Scotland Stained Glass Window
A stained glass window showing Saint Margaret of Scotland, from her chapel in Edinburgh Castle. Queen Margaret (c. 1046-1093 CE) was the wife of Malcolm III of Scotland (r. 1058-1093 CE) from 1070 CE to...
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A Stained Glass Window Showing Two Franciscan Monks
A stained glass window from Saint-Corentin Cathedral, Quimper, France, showing two kneeling Franciscan monks.