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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250673
Fun fact! The Greek historian Herodotus wrote, in the 5th century BCE:
These Ethiopians, to whom Cambyses sent them, are said to be the tallest and most handsome of all men.
I would rather not work metal with my junk hanging out. Did they work with molten metal?
Not an expert on ancient metallurgy, but I don’t think so. Dragging lumps of iron out of a bloomery, more like.
Ancient metalworkers were at high risk of chronic fire-crotch and roasted-weenie disease.
Occupational hazard
