1. It was recorded that blacksmiths in Persia made the best Damascus steel swords by hammering a small cake of Wootz steel, which was a high-quality steel ingot imported from ancient India. The best ...

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered 26 iron objects made from a single meteorite. The artifacts, discovered during excavations at two early Iron Age cemeteries—Częstochowa-Raków and ...

While the various metals combined in the ancient process of forming Damascus steel are layered like lasagna, what ultimately ...

Edition de Mai 1942." Labeled in pencil "Plan 4". 2023 45COM 7A.42 - Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic) (C 20bis) 2023 45COM 7A.46 - General Decision on the World Heritage properties of ...

It further recommends to avoid such work at all costs so as not to compromise the authenticity of other World Heritage sites, as for example, the monuments of the Ancient City of Aleppo ... to send an ...