- 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.
- Only with the Right Lens! ... It was found in Kalhu, the Tiglath-pileser’s royal residence city (in modern day, that’s Nimrud in Iraq) in the […]
- Global file usage. Metadata. File:Nimrud lens British Museum.jpg. ... English: Photo of the Nimrud lens in the british museum. Date. February 2011.
- Quartz lenses are known to have been used in Babylon, ancient Egypt and ancient Greece, but few have survived, and none are as old as the one at Nimrud.
- From Nimrud Lens to Earthquake Detectors…The Most Mysterious Ancient Artefacts.
- MessageToEagle.com – The Nimrud lens is 3,000 year-old object that could re-write the history of science.
- One of the most famous examples of those original lenses is the Nimrud lens. ... Nimrud Lens Photo by user:geni License: CC-BY-SA.
- Broken Nimrud Lens壊れたニムルドレンズ. A Nimrud Lens chipped and cracked in various places. Used in various crafted items and enhancements.