Glassmaking In Ancient Egypt

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"Little is known about man's first efforts to make glass. As far back as 2,500 B.C., amulets and solid glass beads were made in Mesopotamia (now Iraq). About 1,000 years later, Egyptians also began making glass (Zerwick 15). This paper will discuss glass making and the glass artwork of ancient Egypt. he research will show that the Egyptians were among the first to use glass in their art and culture.

There is little evidence of extensive glass manufacture in Egypt before the New Kingdom (1,540 B.C.). Prior to that time, glass had been used in Egypt primarily as a glaze for beads. The next step in the evolution of glass in Egypt was the discovery of faience: "Faience is a mixture of quartz sand and an alkaline substance covered by a vitreous glaze which, once mixed, can then..."

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