Researchers discovered that these artifacts used iron from both smelted ore and meteorites ... the supposed invention of Indian wootz steel and Damascus steel," wrote the researchers.

The lost secret to Damascus steel could totally have been meteorites ... of other elements than those found in Earth’s own iron ore, none of those meteorite elements are regularly found in ...

Recreating Damascus steel remains a holy grail of materials science. The exact process and alloys used are long ago lost to time. At best, modern steelworking methods are able to produce a rough ...