Talk:Bronze mirror

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I'm not convinced this is true. I think bronze mirrors have been found in Britain. Deb 21:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

You're correct, I wasnt aware that bronze mirrors existed outside China. I'll add some more info. Zeus1234 01:05, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

Should this article be merged with the one on mirrors, and added into a history of mirrors section? Zeus1234 01:39, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bronze Mirrors 2600 BC Egypt

According to the British Museum website the first bronze mirrors appear in Egypt around the 27th century BC. This webpage, from the British Museum site, has a picture of a very well preserved bronze mirror from the later Middle Kingdom period (about 2040-1750 BC) Egypt. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/b/bronze_mirror_with_two_falcons.aspx

The British Museum has a picture of an Ivory handle from a bronze mirror dating from the 12th or 13th century BC from Cyprus in Europe at this web address - http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/i/ivory_mirror_handle.aspx. I read on the internet that many bronze mirrors were found across Bronze Age Greece from Knossos to Mycenae but this is the only evidence I have found so far, of that claim. I should imagine the Minoans had bronze mirrors going back to 2000 bc as the Egyptians traded a lot with them.

Mirrors were made in Uruk out of copper back to 4000bc, Bronze mirrors appear in Iraq and Turkey around 3000 bc. Some internet sites will even sell you Bronze mirrors supposedly dating back to the second and first millenium bc, made by the Indus and mesopotamian civilistions. See webpage - http://www.edgarlowen.com/a47late.html. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.154.110.191 (talk) 18:35, 9 March 2008 (UTC)