Detail of the objects found in the tomb, with the bronze mirror on the right of the image. Credit: Peter M. Fischer / Oxford Journal of Archaeology Researchers have found a Minoan bronze mirror in an ...

For humans, the Bronze Age meant metal weapons, farming tools, and means to sustain large enough populations with an organized labor force which enabled construction of lasting monuments such as ...

A Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) bronze mirror was recently unearthed during a shantytown redevelopment project in Fenyang, North China's Shanxi Province. Its inscriptions shed light on how the dynasty ...

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 ...

Bronze mirrors like the one pictured here were luxury items in Han dynasty China. Researchers recently discovered a trove of 80 ancient mirrors at a cemetery in Shaanxi Province. Public domain via ...

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.

This bronze mirror was found in the 'mirror-pool' at the shrine on Mount Haguro, where it was thrown, along with hundreds of other mirrors, as an offering. The back is decorated with two dancing ...

This bronze mirror was found in the 'mirror-pool' at the shrine on Mount Haguro, where it was thrown, along with hundreds of other mirrors, as an offering. The back is decorated with two dancing ...

The mirror-presenting activity promoted the development and producing skills of bronze mirrors, and made the mirror well-appreciated by people from every walk of society. 3、As Pledge in Love Since ...