Roll the phrase around your tongue with me: Starmetal sword. Starmetal sword. The lost secret to Damascus steel could totally have been meteorites! Attila the Hun had a sword like this ...

while remaining hard enough to be sharpened – a property which is useful in edged weapons like swords. While the process is nothing like that used by smiths in Damascus working with Wootz steel ...

ALBAWABA - The restoration of the Damascus Sword monument in Umayyad Square has become a topic of heated debate in Syria after authorities announced the completion of repair work following damage ...