Download or read book ‘To See a World in a Grain of Sand’: Glass from Nubia and the Ancient Mediterranean written by Juliet V. Spedding and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using modern scientific methods, this book examines glass beads and vessel fragments dating from the Meroitic and Early Nobadia periods, providing a new assessment of glass from Nubia. Results reveal interrelationships between trade, technological understanding, and manufacturing choices across the cultures of Sudan, Egypt and the Mediterranean.