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The Syrians are the pioneers of the mining industry in the world

2022-06-08T08:17:19.389Z


Damascus, SANA- Modern archaeological data confirm that the Syrians are among the first ancient peoples to know copper as a mineral


Damascus-SANA

Modern archaeological data confirm that the Syrians were among the first ancient peoples to know copper, as evidenced by the finding of two copper pieces at the site of Tell Al-Sabi Al-Abyad in Raqqa, whose history is attributed to the end of the pre-pottery neolith era (b).

From Syria, the process of developing the mining industry in the world began, as confirms to SANA, the researcher and historian at the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Sayed, pointing out that he discovered in the archaeological site of Ras Al-Shamra in the Kingdom of Ugarit an exceptional ax with the technology and craftsmanship of its manufacture, its artistic value and elaborate decorations, and it is preserved in the Aleppo Museum and dates back to the era of The modern bronze of the fourteenth century BC and represents one of the oldest evidence in the world of iron mining.

Al-Sayed added that iron mining developed and its use spread in the first millennium BC in the ancient East, and the luxurious ax represented a weapon that embodies the first attempts to manufacture steel in the world and the first attempt in the history of the world to use three metals at the same time, namely copper, iron and gold in making a weapon or metal tool.

Al-Sayed explains that the blade of the hammer was made of steel (iron) and carbon was added to it on the heel of the blade, and a copper collar or sheath was cast as a handle. ) Some details showed the bodies of animals, as well as the floral decoration that accompanies them by inlaying them with golden thread.

The first mold for casting bronze ingots was discovered at Ras Ibn Hani site in Latakia Governorate, according to al-Sayyid.

At the site of Ras Shamra, the largest mold for casting metal tools was discovered, dug into a limestone rock, carved on several sides, and used for casting axes, scissors and other metal tools. It is one of the very rare examples in the world.

Mohammed Imad Al-Daghli

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Source: sena

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