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The opportunity for fraud is immense, unless the elite sourced their own meteorites.
by IAmBroom 2mo ago
The opportunity for fraud is immense, unless the elite sourced their own meteorites.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2mo ago> The opportunity for fraud is immense At the time, not so much. It was called "The Bronze Age" and "The Iron age" came later. The names aren't random. From the article: > The use of meteoritic iron particularly stands out during the Bronze Age because of the lack of iron smelting at the time. In other words, the main source of this special metal was when the Gods occasionally threw down a piece, in a column of fire. See also in ancient Egypt: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2013/09/01/23856/ https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2013/09/01/23856/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1296207417305356 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S12962...
- throwawayffffas 2mo agoIron smelting had not been invented yet. Meteorites were the only readily available source of iron. Upon the invention of smelting all iron rings appear to be smelted.
- mrec 2mo agoHow so? This was the Bronze Age; smelting iron ore wasn't really a thing yet, so meteoric iron was pretty much the only kind available.