Ancient Copper Furnace May Have Sparked the Iron Age, Say Scientists
TL;DR
Researchers studying a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia suggest that iron was discovered through experimentation with copper smelting, challenging previous assumptions and shedding light on the origins of iron metallurgy during the Iron Age.
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