The oldest mirrors

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The oldest mirrors

The oldest mirrors

this earliest discovered mirror dates back to 6000 BC in the Turkish region.

After that, the mirrors discovered in 4000 BC are in the Mesopotamian region.

The oldest mirror discovered in ancient Egypt goes back to about 3,000 BC.

In Iran, 3000 years ago, during the Achaemenid era, they made mirrors by polishing stones and metals.

Some of these mirrors remain in the Mirror of Persepolis.

The oldest mirror found in South and Central America dates back to 2000 BC.

In China, 2000 years ago, mirrors were made of brass metal.

The oldest glass mirrors

But the earliest work on glass mirrors dates back to AD 77, when Pliny’s most important book on natural history is named.

These glass mirrors were lined with gold.

Glass mirrors were initially very expensive.

So one of the ladies of the French court traded one of her villages with a mirror and was very pleased with the deal.

In the 12th century, glass was widely used to make mirrors.

The first glass mirrors were covered by lead sheets Until the toxicity of lead was known

Mercury and tin were then used instead of lead.

The oldest magical mirror

One of the oldest mirrors discovered in Japan is known as the Magic Mirror.

Behind this mirror is an image that, when exposed to light, falls behind a wall.

The mirror is preserved at the National Museum of Ryomorakami in Kyoto.

There are two examples from this mirror, dating from the second and third centuries.

These mirrors belong to Queen Himiko in Yamatai Region, Japan.

Genus is the oldest magical mirror of copper and tin with fantasy shapes engraved on its back.

They are also 21 and 24 cm in size.

More than 500 of these mirrors have been discovered in Japan.

It is noteworthy that the first mirror of this kind was made in China, and the Christians of the Archdiocese used it in prayer in the 17th century.

 

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