GLASS IN EGYPT.
Many of the principal houses in Pompeii and Herculaneum had Roman glass -windows. The Egyptians made glass at least 3000 years B.C. It is stated that .in some of the tombs near ancient Thebes there are still to be seen pictures of workmen blowing class in much the same way in which it is blown to-day. After Rome was destroyed by the barbarians, the art of fine glass-making was nearly lost, and only churches and public buildings had glass windows.
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Northern Advocate, 26 August 1913, Page 3
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83GLASS IN EGYPT. Northern Advocate, 26 August 1913, Page 3
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