A delicate, iridescent pearl takes over two years to form. The nearly six-millimetre pearl in the above video did too. The UAE's only pearl farm in Ras Al Khaimah invites visitors to witness the ...

and matching pearls or whole sets of matching pearls were more valuable than one pearl alone. Today, Jassim uses scuba gear for recreational diving but still has his traditional tools on display.

Traditional and ancient means and tools were used in fishing and pearl diving, which gives the children participating in the competition an opportunity to discover their maritime heritage and the ...

The pearl divers are back in business at SeaWorld Orlando, where theme-park visitors are picking out underwater souvenirs again. In some ways, it’s so very Orlando to turn shopping into a little ...

Jassim, now 87, was among the last of the country’s professional pearl divers. “Our journey would take three to four months,” he said. “We [would] eat, drink, sleep only on the boat.” ...

Of the ancient tradition of pearl diving dating back to the great port city of Korkai, the capital of early Pandya kings some 2,200 years ago, hardly 10 brave men survive. “There are only seven ...