The archaeologists revealed that the Danish beads, dating back to the Bronze Age, matched the blue glass inlays found in Tutankhamen’s golden mask. “The two types could have been manufactured in the same Egyptian workshop 3,400 years ago,” researchers told The Huffington Post. The researchers said this is the first time typical ancient Egyptian cobalt glass has been discovered outside the Mediterranean, and the find helps prove trade networks existed between ancient Egypt and Denmark some 3,400 years ago.
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