Copper Ore Transformed: How people 6000 years ago made metal December 2, 2007

In 1997, Dr. Tom Levy lead a group of international scientists on a ten-day donkey caravan to reconstruct the ancient methods of mining, transportation, and smelting used by the people of the Chalcolithic 6,000 years ago. Join Dr. Levy and original team members Dr. Andreas Hauptmann from the German Mining Museum, and Dr. Mohammad Najjar of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, as they crush copper ore, and heat it using ancient methods of smelting. The smelting demonstration will be followed by a tour of the exhibit with these scholars.

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