The incredible number of shiny shell beads found in the Montelirio tomb reveals the power of an ancient female dynasty.

Archaeologists investigating a roughly 5,000-year-old tomb in southwestern Spain say the women laid to rest there were buried with a staggering number of white beads that would have been threaded ...

Nearly two decades ago, researchers discovered a large tomb complex in Spain dating to between 3,200 and 2,200 years ago. The remains of someone with high status in the ancient society was found ...

Researchers found over 270,000 beads in a tomb in Spain, and it could be the largest collection ever recorded. The beads were made out of shells, stone, and animal bone, and it likely took months to ...

More than 400 prayer beads from the Ottoman era, worth almost $70 million, were shown in Abu Dhabi Sunday, Emirates 24/7 website reported. The collection, owned by Turkish businessman, Berat Serdar ...

Hundreds of thousands of beads found in an ancient tomb were likely part of elaborate clothes for powerful women, researchers said. Leonardo García Sanjuán, et al (2025) Science Advances Nearly two ...