Viggen Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 The helmet was made of a single piece of bronze, 27 centuries ago, heated and hammered and annealed by a technique used as late as the Florentine renaissance but now lost for ever. It was forged from an alloy of copper and tin, with traces of lead and iron. Hhigh-energy probes at British laboratories have brought to life again a story of ancient death and glory. Scientists used the giant synchrotron radiation source at the government's central research laboratory at Daresbury, near Warrington, and the neutron source at the Rutherford Appleton laboratory in Oxfordshire to peer into the fabric .... full article at the Guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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