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Ancient Egyptians mastered arsenical bronze on Elephantine Island 4,000 years ago

A new article published in Archaeometry has uncovered the first direct evidence of deliberate arsenical bronze production in ancient Egypt, demonstrating that Middle Kingdom metalworkers were much more technologically advanced than previously believed. The discovery, which was made on Elephantine Island near Aswan, dates to around 2000–1650 BCE. The researchers identified “speiss,” a metalworking by-product […]
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archaeologymag.com broke the news in on Saturday, October 25, 2025.
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