Hyderabad—Around 6,000 years ago, Telangana produced some of the finest steel globally. This steel was highly sought after ...

The Palestine Branch was one of the most feared security centers in Syria, infamous for its brutal interrogations, arbitrary ...

The U.S. tariff rate on most imported steel and aluminum will double on Wednesday (June 4) as President Donald Trump ratchets ...

A look at the curved oval iconic representation of Shiva Lingam placed on a globular base which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum Garbhagraha of all Shiva temples has given rise to diverse explanation ...

Learn more As you’ve probably noticed if you’ve spent much time checking out Gear Patrol’s knife coverage (and you should), lots of blades draw from classic Japanese sword shapes. The most common is ...

And while some makers continued to offer the Damascus option into the early 1900s steel quickly grew in popularity. Soon, the ancient art of hammering out plaited red hot ribbons of metal on a mandrel ...

Damascus steel went well beyond the European forges ... Researchers have tried for years to gather how exactly this ancient weapon was made. That said, it was a horrifyingly effective weapon ...

Mystic origins “Damascus” steel was one of the metals only recently ... to link the name “Ulfberht” — the Mercedes Benz of ancient swordsmiths — to one of these monasteries, and ...

Louis Erard has partnered with Swedish watchmaker GoS to create a timepiece that merges Swiss horology with the ancient art of Damascus steel forging. The Regulator x GoS watch, limited to just 178 ...

Way before the term came to be, the ancient bladesmiths were found to have been using nanotechnology on forging these swords. Is it safe to say that these Damascus steel craftsmen were both the ...

Turning entry-level connotations on its head, its watches spotlight Damascus steel – an ancient material, famed for its swirling, woodgrain-like patterns. Originally used to make weaponry in ancient ...