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DontWakeTheInsomniac t1_j695pko wrote

Reply to comment by Constant_Count_9497 in What's the earliest case of iron-smelting with hard evidence? by Ok-Goose-6320

Anyone claiming the Romans invented iron is hardly worth debating history with in fairness.

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Constant_Count_9497 t1_j69bb9h wrote

I'm more confused with their idea about "blooming" because from what I can tell it's clearly an early smelting technique involving heating the ore to purify it while smashing it

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DontWakeTheInsomniac t1_j6anjrr wrote

Yeah bloomeries were the earliest type of iron smelting furnaces (it's in the name!) so I don't understand it either.

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