New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

Buried deep in the south Georgia rolling hills, a tiny archaeological site has been rewriting history. Uncovered in the late ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

The dig site was originally analyzed in the 1950s, when archeologists found an iron oxide mineral called hematite and a waste ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how ...

U.S. Steel’s notoriously outdated Edgar Thomson Works handles the molten substance left behind by smelting iron ore the same ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how ...

The story begins at Kvemo Bolnisi, a smelting workshop perched on a hillside in the Caucasus. Soviet archaeologists first dug ...

Unique archaeological find: divers recover nearly 200 ancient iron ingots from the Sava River, revealing trade links between ...

Groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of construction for industrial-scale demonstration plant targeting hot metal ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich ...

Ancient copper smelters in Georgia may have accidentally paved the way for the Iron Age, providing new insights into human ...