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- Toggle the table of contents. Nimrud lens. ... The Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is an 8th-century BC piece of rock crystal which was unearthed in 1850 by...
- The Nimrud lens is a 3,000-year-old piece of rock crystal unearthed by Sir John Layard in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq.
- In 1850, archeologist John Layard discovered what looks to be a lens at a site he was excavating at the palace of Nimrud in what is now Iraq.
- This magnifying glass was made of rock crystal and had a convex shape, similar to the Senetjer lenses described in King’s work. The Nimrud Lens.
- Whatever its purpose, as an ornament, as magnifying lens, a burning glass, or part of a telescope, the Nimrud lens certainly appears to be more than an accident.
- There is a heated debate about the use of the mysterious Lens of Nimrud. ... Experts disagree on the use of the enigmatic Nimrud lens.
- The Nimrud lens (also referred to as the Layard lens), dated between 750 and 710 BC, is made of natural rock crystal and is a slightly oval in form.
- Step back in time to the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, where the unearthing of the Nimrud Lens sheds new light on archaeological discoveries in the region.
- Dubbed the “Nimrud lens”, the highly-polished piece dating back to around 750-710 BCE was first identified as a lens...
- Theories surrounding the use of the Nimrud Lens include it being a lens used to start a fire by concentrating the sun’s rays, or being a magnifying lens.