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But this Damascus alloy had its roots in an even older one that reached the Middle East from southern India: wootz steel. Damascus steel was a crucible steel (made by heating and cooling metal in a ...

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In the 500s BCE, the Tamil people in India developed a method of smelting ore with charcoal that was called wootz steel, which when fabricated into tools has patterns of flowing bands. The Chinese ...

Middle Eastern blacksmiths used special steel imported from India called wootz to make weapons that were remarkably lightweight yet strong and characterized by a rippling appearance. Swords retained ...

From that time period, we have record of Middle Eastern blacksmiths working with wootz, a special steel from India with a rippling finish and superior edge-holding ability. The Tarkin’s distinctive ...

Roman armies were soon wielding wootz steel swords to terrify and subdue their rival tribes of ancient Europe. Twenty-four centuries later, automakers are relying on electric arc furnaces ...

"We suggest that meteoritic iron was deliberately used to produce a specific pattern for iron jewelry, a thousand years before the supposed invention of Indian wootz steel and Damascus steel ...

Roman armies were soon wielding wootz steel swords to terrify and subdue the wild, hairy tribes of ancient Europe. Twenty-four centuries later, automakers are relying on electric arc furnaces ...