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Always argued bronze swords were better than iron until that talk at the museum
I used to think iron age tools were just inferior copies of bronze ones, but a curator in London showed me an iron socketed axe from the 8th century BC and explained how it could be sharpened way more times before needing recasting. He said the real advantage wasn't hardness but repairability and the sheer amount of ore available. Has anyone else had their mind changed by a specific exhibit or artifact?
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fionaw5411d ago
Found an old roman nail at a dig once and the guide said they actually preferred iron for structural things because bronze was too soft and expensive for something that just sits in a wall holding wood together. Funny how much we assume about old tech.
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jamiew8311d ago
Wow, I always figured iron was just the poor man's bronze until that axe talk changed my whole view too.
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