The Black Mirror .

The Black Mirror . This Obsidian Mirror is a recreation of the oldest manmade mirror in history, produced from a drawing supplied by archaeologists from Cambridge University. The mirror is made from obsidian, a volcanic stone, set in a silver case. The stone was shaped and polished by hand using clay and water, rather than with modern tools, as it would have been 8,000 years ago…. The earliest known obsidian (volcanic glass) mirrors were located in Turkey and date to 8,000 years ago The earliest known manufactured mirrors (approximately 8000 years old) have been found in Anatolia (south central modern-day Turkey). These were made from obsidian (volcanic glass), had a convex surface and remarkably good optical quality. Mirrors from more recent periods have been found both in Egypt and Mesopotamia and still later in China and in the New World. In each of these areas, mirrors were in use by approximately 2000 BC or 4000 years ago. Cc: leaves of history