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'These were harder than any other blades, cut sharper and cost more': How ancient Sri Lankans created steel of legends by harnessing monsoons | Live Science

In this excerpt from "The Age of Alchemy," author Kit Chapman reveals the extraordinary story of how researchers reverse engineered the lost technique of forging Wootz steel in strange hilltop forges that resembled "ove…

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