Glass , Egyptian early

Lambert, J. B. and C. D. McLaughlin (1978), Analysis of early Egyptian glass by atomic absorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, in Carter, G. F. (ed.), Archaeological Chemistry, Advances in Chemistry Series, Vol. 2, ACS, New York. 

Analysis of Early Egyptian Glass by Atomic Absorption and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy... 

LAMBERT AND MC LAUGHLiN Audlysis of Early Egyptian Glass 197... 

Study of the use and origin of antimonate colorants in early Egyptian glass... 

Rehren, T. (2008) A review of factors affecting the composition of early Egyptian glasses and faience alkali and... 

Lilyquist, C. and Brill, R. (eds.) (1993) Studies in Early Egyptian Glass, Metropolitan Museum of Art,... 

The first artificial materials were almost certainly fashioned after similar materials found in nature. For example, natural glass is formed when sand is heated to high temperatures, as when it is struck by lightning. One can imagine that early humans witnessed this phenomenon and decided to replicate that process themselves. By the fourth millennium b.c.e., Egyptian artisans had learned how to make glass heads and other objects, although the manufacture of useful objects, such as vases, apparently did not occur until about 1500 b.c.e. 

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