A bone object found on the face of a corpse in the Bronze Age layers of Yanik Tepe in Iran. Originally interpreted by Burney as an amulet. In 2011, ophthalmologist Sahihi Oskooei claimed that it was instead the world’s oldest eyewear, made to correct optical problems. 4000-3000 BCE [900×530]
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Since glass was invented later, did Dr. Oskooei explain how this would have corrected optical problems?
Very cool 😎
Either that or we have discovered the first Super Hero.
Yanik Tepe means Burnt Hill in Turkish
Maybe symbolic eyewear? Allows you to find your way to the afterlife or something?
I had AI generate an image of a Bronze Age woman wearing these and, uh, it sure is a thing. Not sure if rules permit AI posts here so I’ll just say that she looks like a bargain basement ancient super heroine.
Might’ve been a mask or part of a mask. The nostril placement makes me think it could be a turtle face.
This looks exactly like the bone loops we use for reindeer-herding lassos in northern Scandinavia.Â