Uncover the secrets of ancient metallurgy! Explore how early civilizations mastered metals, from cold hammering to smelting, ...

Explore the enigma of Pre-Columbian gold, tracing ancient American metallurgy, sacred meanings, and cultural significance.

Researchers have uncovered evidence of ancient metallurgy on Elephantine Island, near Aswan, offering new insight into how advanced this science was among the ancient Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom.

Ancient metal pollution trapped within the mud at the bottom of a lake in Peru reveals the Andean people were smelting copper as far back as 1,000 years ago. New research of the sediments allowed ...

Even when scientists struggle to produce the purest forms of rust-free metals, this 14-year-old boy from Bantwal taluk is here to show the world that ancient Indian metallurgy and Indian chemistry ...

Researchers have identified the ingredients in chemistry formulas from an 2,300-year-old Chinese text, revealing ancient metallurgy was more complex than expected. The Kaogong ji was written in China ...

It’s easy to think that the anthropocene—the unofficial new epoch in which humans are causing drastic environmental change on a global scale—began with the industrial revolution. Or, if not the ...

The ancient Mongols have a reputation for having been fierce warriors. A new study shows them to have been unmatched polluters. Researchers found that lead pollution in Lake Erhai peaked at 119 ...

Iranian archaeologist Vali Jahani, who presides over Gilan province’s cultural heritage department, has commented: “Iranian archaeologists, in collaboration with archaeometallurgists from the ...

Recent archaeogeophysical surveys in the cultural landscape of Masouleh, northern Iran, have revealed preliminary evidence of extensive ancient metal-smelting operations, shedding new light on the ...

The previous two articles in this series dealt with the chemical practices in India in ancient and medieval times. Metallurgy and metal works are closely related to the knowledge of chemistry. In the ...

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