The Nanjing belt. The discovery of aluminium amongst the fragments suggested that the Chinese isolated the metal at least 1,500 years before western scientists.
The Nanjing belt. The discovery of aluminium amongst the fragments suggested that the Chinese isolated the metal at least 1,500 years before western scientists.
The knowledge of concrete vanished for centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire too
I vote for them being cheap, Chinese knock-offs.
Before the Haber process works, you are going to need one HECK of a campfire...
Very interesting. The pyramid peak of the Empire State building is aluminum - because at the time, aluminum was more valuable than gold.
The chinese culture — easily the most stagnant culture ever by and order of magnitude. They were the first to develop the butt pick 3000 years ago, and here they are still picking their butts.
Was it transparent aluminum?
I wonder if these objects were tested for traces of Pepsi Cola?
More Chinese fakes?
Occam’s Razor says the belt belonged to a time traveler who originated from a time we’ve not yet reached, because we don’t have time travel, yet.
Case solved.
Next!
the tip of the washington monument is aluminum. at the time it was the most expensive metal in the world, far more expensive than gold.
I may be missing something from the article but aluminum does occur in nature but very rarely. So rarely that prior to modern technology, aluminum was valued more than gold.
How many man-crafted pieces of aluminum are extant in the archeological collection of artifacts? Certainly they would be rare enough to be reported.
