Syria's capital, Damascus, is suffering from its worst water shortages in years as a result of the lowest rainfall in more ...

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 ...

This predates the development of Wootz and Damascus steel—famous for their intricate surface patterns—by nearly a thousand years. This suggests that Polish metalworkers of the Hallstatt period ...

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 ...