Thirty-three thousand years ago, on the southern tip of the continent Africa, ostrich eggs were carved into beads and kept as ornamentation. These beads held value – they weren't just worn around ...

Decorated egg from the Isis Tomb, Italy ∏ Credit: Tamar Hodos, University of Bristol with the permission of the Trustees of the British Museum Today, if you want to show off that you’ve made it, you ...

Scientists studied more than 1,500 beads made from ostrich egg shells from across 31 sites in Africa, and found that they were nearly identitical in shape and size, suggesting an early form of social ...

A 5,000-year-old mystery surrounding how a collection of ostrich eggs got their colorful decorations may have finally been cracked. Ornate eggs were prized items among the elite circles of ...

Archaeologists and scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Durham and the British Museum are using cutting edge technology to crack a conundrum surrounding the ancient trade in ostrich eggs.