Duplication of unique optical effects of ancient Egyptian lenses from the IV/V Dynasties: lenses fabricated ca 2620-2400 BC or roughly 4600 years ago

Autor:	J M, Enoch, V, Lakshminarayanan
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Optics and Photonics Funeral Rites Optical Illusions Egypt Ancient Humans Reproducibility of Results History Ancient Lenses
Zdroj:	Ophthalmicphysiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists). 20(2)
ISSN:	0275-5408
Popis:	Ancient (in fact, first known) lenses (ca. 4600 years ago) mainly from the IVth and Vth Dynasties of Egypt had truly remarkable and unique optical properties. These were parts of equally fascinating eye structures. These structures were fabricated as separate assemblies for insertion into funerary statues during certain brief windows of time (roughly from 2620-2400 BC, and 1750-1700 BC). These "eyes" appear to follow the observer as he/she rotated in any direction about these statues. In this paper, by simple means, we have recreated the optical properties of these unique lenses in the laboratory in order to help understand their special properties.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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