Lycurgus Cup
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To judge by my twitterfeed, facebook timeline, email, newsgroups, etc., there is much excitement about a brief item in the latest Smithsonian Magazine about the ‘nanotechnology’ used by the Romans in regards to the Lycurgus cup. Here’s the incipit: The colorful secret of a 1,600-year-old Roman chalice at the British Museum is the key to…
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The blurb: Raise your glass to the most incredible chalice from antiquity. The Lycurgus Cup in the British Museum is truly exceptional for its exquisite beauty, delicate craftsmanship, magnificent detail, and a seemingly magical ability to transform colors before your very eyes. Discover the myth of the doomed Thracian king, Lycurgus, driven mad by Dionysus…
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