* Good soldier <goodsoldierschweik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> I later found a reference to the excavation of a foundry where wootz
> had been produced complete with the small sealed crucibles and, I
> believe, produced ingots, but I can't find, at this moment, a URL for
> the article.
>
It wouldn't suprise me at all. I believe that India used the first steel
beam in construnction. It was welded together from a bunch of ingots. I
don't know the temple or the location but it is a sun-god temple in
southern india.
The temple is ancient.
matthew
ohio


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