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8th-century BC piece of rock crystal unearthed in 1850
The Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is an 8th-century BC piece of rock crystal which was unearthed in 1850 by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian
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Ancient Assyrian city
Nimrud (/nɪmˈruːd/; Syriac: ܢܢܡܪܕ Arabic: النمرود) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, 30
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the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, a 3000-year-old piece of rock crystal Birs Nimrud, an archaeological site in Babylon
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Optical device which transmits and refracts light
ancient 'lenses' must have been decorative rather than functional. The Nimrud lens is a rock crystal artifact dated to the 7th century BCE which may or
Lens
700 BC: The "Nimrud lens" of Assyrians manufacture, a rock crystal disk with a convex shape believed to be a burning or magnifying lens. 13th century:
Timeline of microscope technology
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"World's oldest telescope?". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-05-10. "The Nimrud lens/The Layard lens". Collection database. The British Museum. Retrieved 2012-11-25
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Group of ivory carvings dating to the 9th and 7th centuries BC
The Nimrud ivories are a large group of small carved ivory plaques and figures dating from the 9th to the 7th centuries BC that were excavated from the
Nimrud_ivories
Branch of physics that studies light
(Archaeological Museum of Heraclion, Greece). Lenses from Rhodes date around 700 BC, as do Assyrian lenses such as the Nimrud lens. The ancient Romans and Greeks filled
Optics
Medieval Viking artefacts
used as part of a telescope. Nimrud lens Schmidt, Olaf; Karl-Heinz Wilms; Bernd Lingelbach (September 1999). "The Visby Lenses". Optometry & Vision Science
Visby_lenses
Artifacts purported to challenge historical chronology
Europe. Nimrud lens; 8th-century BCE piece of rock crystal which was unearthed in 1850 by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud in modern-day
Out-of-place_artifact
Convex lens for fire making
materials as in the MythBusters effort. Diocles (mathematician) Nimrud lens Pyreliophorus Visby lenses Solar furnace Sherwood, Andrew N.; Nikolic, Milorad; Humphrey
Burning_glass
Toys based on optical effects
function of the oldest known lens, the Nimrud lens, is unclear (it may only have been used for decoration), lenses were probably seldom used as a magnifying
Optical_toys
Scientifically insubstantial theories interpreting archaeology
modern artwork) Baghdad Battery Dogū Etruscan inscriptions Ingá Stone Nimrud lens Phaistos Disc Piri Reis map Stone spheres of Costa Rica Archaeological
Pseudoarchaeology
Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky Nima Arkani-Hamed Nimrod (synchrotron) Nimrud lens Nina Byers Ning Li (physicist) Nishina Memorial Prize Nitrogen-vacancy
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Special glass type used for optical systems
of glass suitable for the manufacture of optical systems such as optical lenses, prisms or mirrors. Unlike window glass or crystal, whose formula is adapted
Optical_glass
some of the text from journal article : Inscribed Prisms of Sargon II from Nimrud. Sargon, great king, mighty king....king of Sumer and Akkad. Favourite of
Sargon_II's_Prisms
Variety of glass in which lead replaces the calcium content
tablet of 1700 BC. A red sealing-wax cake found in the Burnt Palace at Nimrud, from the early 6th century BC, contains 10% PbO. These low values suggest
Lead_glass
Ancient Amorite-Akkadian state in Mesopotamia
mean knowledge of mechanics. A crystal lens, turned on the lathe, was discovered by Austen Henry Layard at Nimrud along with glass vases bearing the name
Babylonia
Although British archaeologists excavated several Iraqi sites, including Nimrud, Nineveh and Tell Halaf in Iraq in the 19th century, they sent many of the
Iraqi_art
Art museum in Kansas City, Missouri
sculptures from the 1st-millennium B.C.E. Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud and the ceremonial center of the Persian Empire, Persepolis. Greek works
Nelson-Atkins_Museum_of_Art
March 2015, IS reportedly bulldozed the 13th-century BC Assyrian city of Nimrud, believing its sculptures to be idolatrous. UNESCO head, Irina Bokova, deemed
Human rights in the Islamic State
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