Thilo Rehren
Thilo Rehren
direct evidence full glass museums production somebody
For years, there was no direct evidence of the production of glass. Somebody was making it, but the only thing we had were museums full of glass objects.
bubbles disappear gas second
On the second melting, the gas bubbles disappear and you can get the colors.
among bronze debris figure finds found lots number related took unusual year
There were lots of bronze castings, but among all the debris we found a number of things that didn't fit. It took me a year or two to figure out that the unusual finds were related to glass.
artistic egyptians evidence mainstream opinion
The mainstream opinion was that the Egyptians were importing it from Mesopotamia. In Egypt, we had only evidence that they were making it into artistic objects.