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Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

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Kaogong Ji, a 2300-year-old text, is the oldest technical encyclopedia in the world. Contains instructions on how to make several objects, such as metal drums, chariots and weapons. It also contains six recipes for bronze that have long puzzled researchers. The recipe mystery centres on two ingredients called jin and xi.

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Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Researchers may have determined the mysterious identity of two key ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze found in a 2,300-year-old Chinese text.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers - Local News 8

By Ashley Strickland, CNNAn analysis of a 2,300-year-old text and coins has helped researchers decipher ancient recipes for bronze, including two linguistically elusive ingredients.The Kao Gong Ji, the oldest known technical encyclopedia, was written around 300 BC and is part of a larger text called The Rites of Zhou. The ancient text includes six chemistry formulas for mixing bronze and lists items like swords, bells, axes, knives and mirrors, …

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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Gwinnett Daily Post

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

An analysis of a 2,300-year-old text and coins has helped researchers decipher ancient recipes for bronze, including two linguistically elusive ingredients.

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Clayton News

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Knife coins, which were in use in China around 400 BC, were some of the objects studied as researchers deciphered ancient recipes for bronze.

2 years ago·Clayton, United States

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NewScientist

Secrets of an ancient Chinese recipe for bronze finally deciphered

Metal-making practices described in a 2300-year-old text called the Kaogong Ji are more sophisticated than anyone realised

2 years ago·Baltimore, United States

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Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers - Local News 8

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

Mystery ingredients in ancient recipes for bronze objects deciphered by researchers

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