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Sculpture re-creates optical effects of the Lycurgus Cup
Original: Sculpture re-creates odd optical effects of famed Lycurgus Cup
Scientists have recreated the 1,600-year-old recipe behind the Roman Lycurgus Cup, the famed glass chalice that changes colour depending on how light passes through it, appearing green when lit from the front and red when backlit. Their new sculpture reproduces those unusual optical effects, which come from tiny gold and silver particles embedded in the ancient glass.
Why now: The recreation revives interest in the remarkable nanotechnology of Roman glassmakers and how they achieved a colour-changing effect
Lycurgus CupRoman EmpireBritish Museum
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