Everyday it seems so natural for us to carefully dress up in front of a mirror. However, before the invention of glass, mirrors were made of copper. To be more exact, they were bronze mirrors.
More than 80 bronze mirrors made during the Western Han Dynasty were discovered in a large-scale ancient tomb in China. Although some 2,000 year old, many of the mirrors are still reflective and show ...
A recent study published in the journal Archaeometry investigates the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors during the Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE). Lead author Mark ...
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