The eye is under-accommodated for near objects but over-accommodated for distant ones.

It is of note that the largest Urartian fortresses in the Ararat plain–Argishtihinili, Aramus, and Artashat—were located on the three primary routes into, and out of the plain, suggesting an abiding concern for the exchange of resources with other regions of empire.

By means of a device, known as a kaleidograph, the patterns thus formed may be thrown on a screen or a glass.

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