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Etruscan mirror back incised with the Judgement of Paris, 4th–3rd century BCE (Musée du Louvre). Bronze mirrors preceded the glass mirrors of today. This type of mirror, sometimes termed a copper mirror, has been found by archaeologists among elite assemblages from various cultures, from Etruscan Italy to Japan.
The mirror was discovered in mid-1908 by workmen outside Desborough, Northamptonshire, alongside a small and near contemporary brooch (also in bronze). Along with the mirror found in Birdlip, Gloucester, the Desborough Mirror is widely considered to be the finest of the roughly 26 surviving, fully intact and decorated Iron Age bronze mirrors ...
By the Bronze Age most cultures were using mirrors made from polished discs of bronze, copper, silver, or other metals. [6] [9] The people of Kerma in Nubia were skilled in the manufacturing of mirrors. Remains of their bronze kilns have been found within the temple of Kerma. [10]
Bronze mirrors from China, Japanese-style bronze mirrors, bronze daggers, coins, bells, and halberds, iron tools, wooden tools, prehistoric human hair, and many other precious artifacts have been unearthed from Yoshinogari features. The total area of this site is approximately 40 hectares.
The Yata no Kagami represents "wisdom" or "honesty," depending on the source. [2] Its name literally means "The Eight Ata Mirror," a reference to its size. [3] [4] Mirrors in ancient Japan represented truth because they merely reflected what was shown, and were objects of mystique and reverence (being uncommon items).
Qijia culture produced some of the earliest bronze and copper mirrors found in China. Extensive domestication of horses was found at many Qijia sites. The archaeological sites at Lajia, Huangniangniangtai, Qinweijia, and Dahezhuang [5] are associated with the Qijia culture. Qijia sites were also found in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous ...
Over 2,000 artifacts were found inside, researchers said.
A Shinjū-kyō (神獣鏡, "deity and beast mirror") is an ancient type of Japanese round bronze mirror decorated with images of gods and animals from Chinese mythology. The obverse side has a polished mirror and the reverse has relief representations of legendary Chinese shén ( 神 "spirit; god"), xiān ( 仙 "transcendent; immortal"), and ...