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- 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.
- have been a piece of decorative inlay.[3]. The Nimrud lens. ... The Nimrud lens is on display in the British Museum.[3]. Interpretation edit.
- 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.
- The surface of the Nimrud lens had 12 cavities that were opened during grinding. ... Today, the Nimrud lens is kept at the British Museum.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nimrud Lens: What Was The Purpose Of This Ancient Neo-Assyrian Crystal? Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article.
- 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.
- The Nimrud lens is kept in the British Museum, where it is not currently on display. Nimrud lens at the British museum. Photo: Geni/Wikimedia.
- The Nimrud lens: Whatever its origin, as ornament, as magnifying lens or part of a telescope, the Nimrud lens is the oldest lens in the world.