Vases and perfume bottles are some of the earliest forms of glass found by historians. The oldest samples come from ancient Egyptian pyramids; they are usually in the form of perfume bottles. These ...

Among the Egyptians, glass-blowing—long supposed to be a modern art—-was carried on in great perfection. Glass was also cast, engraved and cut, and precious stones imitated successfully in ...

Glass making originated in the Near East around 2000 BCE in the form of beads, seals and inlays. The earliest makers pressed glass into molds. Around 1500 BCE, finer vessels were being made in Egypt.