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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2047576, member: 42773&quot;]There is some scholarship which suggests certain ancient civilizations had magnifying lens technology, which was lost over time and not rediscovered until the Renaissance.</p><p><br /></p><p>My totally unprovable theory is that ancient die engravers were extremely near-sighted, as I am. In fact, if I take out my contact lenses, I can examine the detail on my coins much better than if I use a loupe. Near-sighted people had to have something to do in the ancient world - you couldn&#039;t ask them to be archers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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