Glass beads appeared in the Mediterranean in about 1500 B.C., as glass production became more sophisticated, and evil-eye beads became popular among the Phoenicians, Assyrians, Greeks, ...

The Middle Eastern region, particularly in Islam and Judaism, holds strong traditions around the evil eye. Known as “nazar” in Arabic, people wear blue or green glass beads shaped like an eye ...

“The glass beads of the Aegean islands and Asia Minor were directly dependent upon improvements in glass production,” Yildiran explains. ... The evil eye is a remnant from the very dawn of ...

The evil eye is an ancient symbol of protection that has been worn for centuries, ... Or can be hanging in a glass bead form over the main door or entrance of someone’s home to keep the hearth ...

According to The New York Times, "Glass beads appeared in the Mediterranean in about 1500 B.C., as glass production became more sophisticated, and evil-eye beads became popular among the ...

Growing up evil eye charms consisted mainly of blue glass beads sold at the Monastiraki Flea Market in Athens. They did not, pardon the pun, catch my eye. The jeweler Ileana Makri changed that ...

“The glass beads of the Aegean islands and Asia Minor were directly dependent upon improvements in glass production,” Yildiran explains. ... The evil eye is a remnant from the very dawn of ...

“The glass beads of the Aegean islands and Asia Minor were directly dependent upon improvements in glass production,” Yildiran explains. ... The evil eye is a remnant from the very dawn of ...