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Some of the earliest glass beads come from ancient Egypt, with
pure glass being produced from pre-dynastic times (4500–3100
BC). These blue glass beads date from the 18th dynasty. They were
excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1900–1901 from the Osiris
shrine in the Tomb of Zer at Abydos.
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database record 1901.40.121
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