Tag: ancient Iran
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CT Scans Reveal Origins of Copper Metallurgy in Ancient Iran
New clues from an ancient technological leap Researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions are turning to modern imaging to illuminate a pivotal moment in human history: the birth of metallurgy. By applying computed tomography (CT) scans to ancient metallurgical remnants from what is now Iran, scientists are gaining unprecedented insight into how early communities extracted…
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MIT CT Scans Reveal Early Copper Smelting and the Birth of Metallurgy in Ancient Iran
Uncovering an Ancient Breakthrough Around 5,000 years ago, communities in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock through a process called smelting. This pivotal shift is believed to have laid the groundwork for metallurgy, a technology that would reshape human societies. New findings from MIT researchers, who employed computed tomography (CT) scans, illuminate…