Mapmaker Stunned to Find Oldest Pearl-Fishing City With Housing Remains While Scanning the Desert SandsDespite its characteristic summer, the Arabian coast made a living from its shore activities ...

But the much larger fish was treated in the same way as any other irritant, and in turn became a unique pearl. Pearls take a long time to form. Andreia believes that it would have taken about five ...

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...