This extraordinary cup currently at the British museum represents an outstanding ancient achievement that still remains a mystery for modern scientists.
This extraordinary cup currently at the British museum represents an outstanding ancient achievement that still remains a mystery for modern scientists.
What gives the Lycurgus cup it’s spectacular optical effect is light reflection/ scattering by a very small concentration of Gold and Silver particles dispersed in the glass, but how exactly to make it remains a mystery.
What gives the Lycurgus cup it’s spectacular optical effect is light reflection/ scattering by a very small concentration of Gold and Silver particles dispersed in the glass, but how exactly to make it remains a mystery.
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