They are massive production sites that, through their scale, illustrate the intensification of iron production during the second millennium AD, at a time when Western ... Criterion (iii): The ancient ...

These likely weren’t nearly as safe as a modern hand grenade, but they certainly were effective for their time. Some of the best ancient weapons ... it was metallurgy rather than firepower ...

but with advanced technology for the time. The Sea Peoples ... unlike anything else found in ancient China. Their distinctive artistic style and advanced metallurgy skills suggest multiple centers ...

Over time, particularly during the historical and Islamic periods ... Abolfazl Ali, an archaeologist specializing in ancient metallurgy, further explored the technological advancements in iron ...

Previous research at Timna has uncovered cloth scraps dated from 1,000 BCE, the time of King David ... have been used to discover sites of ancient metallurgy — most recently in China.

“For the first time in more than 100 years of scholarship ... analysis could help researchers decipher other texts about ancient metallurgy from different cultures and regions in the future ...

The two iron pieces have always generated intrigue among researchers and consternation on their chronology because craftspeople made them at a time "before ... in the ancient world and prehistoric ...