Roman glass shards are noteworthy for their iridescent hues of blue, green, and orange—the result of the corrosion process slowly restructuring the glass to form photonic crystals—and this ...

Roman glass buried for 2,000 years is slowly transforming into a strange type of crystal that refracts light in surprising ways, and scientists finally know why.

Buried ancient Roman glass formed substance with modern applications. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 09 / 230918153207.htm. Tufts University.

The cargo on board the wreckage consisted almost entirely of glass, ... Glassware in perfect condition was recovered from the wreckage of a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck lying 1,148 feet below ...

image: Microscopic view of photonic crystals on the surface of ancient Roman glass view more . Credit: Giulia Guidetti. Some 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass vessels carrying wine or water ...

Photonic crystal This sample of Roman glass is at the Center of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Venice. (Courtesy:CCHT-IIT/National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia/Italian Ministry of Culture) A ...

Scientists discovered an ancient Roman glass that has undergone a stunning formation. Around 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass vessels, once holding wine, water, or fragrances, tumbled and ...

Some of the ancient Roman glass vases discovered at the archaeological site in Nîmes, France. Vessels like these were often placed in tombs during the period, although these examples are ...

The artifact, and others found in alongside it, indicate that the owner was “a prominent individual of her time.” ...

The world record for Roman glass, van der Lande believes, is the Constable-Maxwell cage cup, where the ornate filigree structure that supports the bowl is carved from the same piece of glass; it ...

Iridescent 'Favrile' glass was a tribute to ancient artisans, recreated by modern science The formula created by Tiffany’s glassmaker Arthur Nash was so highly guarded that not Tiffany himself ...