Francesco Armetta

Structural study of archaic orichalcum ingots from gela (sicily) via time-of-flight neutron diffraction

Abstract Orichalcum is a precious copper-zinc alloy known from ancient Mediterranean contexts. Eighty ingots of Orichalcum were recovered underwater near Gela (Sicily, Italy) and they are dated back to the 6th century BCE establishing a unicum in the Mediterranean Sea. Here, 11 s...