Ancient Romans Introduced Mirrors Made With Silvering Techniques Bronze and copper-containing mirrors were created in numerous ancient civilizations across the world, including in ancient Rome to ...

said they found two copper mirrors, one with a lotus-shaped handle, and the second with a unique design of Hathor, goddess of the sky, women, fertility and love in ancient Egypt. The South Asasif ...

Archaeologists made the first of its kind discovery when they unearthed 11 men, women and children in the ancient tomb, with ...

Archaeologists made the discovery of the tomb which is the first of its kind due to the fact that it dates back nearly 4,000 ...

Credit: Elizabeth Thomas The analysis results revealed that the ancient Egyptians primarily used three types of alloys in the production of mirrors: arsenical copper, a copper-tin alloy, and a ternary ...

METALLIC mirrors have been known from very early times, and references to them are scattered through ancient literature. They were frequently elaborately decorated, and many of them possess the ...

The study further calculated the changing proportions of lead from the original Han bronze and the added copper. “At the maximum addition modelled here, the lead provided by the addition of 99Cu ...

Artefacts recovered from the site include seven flint arrowheads, two archer's bracers, a flint lighter, and a copper alloy dagger. These items are indicative of the Bell Beaker culture, which ...

Pollard stated that the study suggests the lead in both the scrap bronze and the added copper was unlikely to be of Japanese origin. “Most likely, these imitation mirrors were made by diluting ...