- Though it measures just 15.9cm by 13.2cm, the Lycurgus Cup has been described as the most spectacular glass of its period. Housed in the British Museum...
- In the 1950s, the British Museum came into possession an ancient glass chalice called the Lycurgus Cup, so named for its depiction of Dionysus’s triumph over...
- The Lycurgus Cup has been housed in the British Museum since 1958. Ancient nanotechnology that works But how does it work?
- Ever since 1958, the Lycurgus Cup is in the possession of the British Museum.
- La Cup of Lycurgus, was acquired by British Museum years' 50. ... Source images: British Museum.
- The Lycurgus Cup is an outstanding representation of ancient technology. Roman Lycurgus Cup is a 1,600-year-old jade green Roman chalice.
- The famous Lycurgus cup, a 4th-century Roman relic currently in the British Museum, looks green when lit from the same side as the viewer and red when backlit.
- The cup depicts the punishment of Lycurgus, a mythical king who was ensnared in vines for committing evil acts against the Greek god Dionysus.
- — British Museum (@britishmuseum) March 26, 2019. Perhaps the most notable thing about the “Lycurgus Cup” is its nano-materialistic properties.
- The journey of the Lycurgus Cup from its Roman origins to its current home in the British Museum is shrouded in mystery.