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Archaeologists have discovered two Iron Age axes, but they were found thousands of miles apart. The distant locations of the two tools gave researchers new insights into the differences in ancient metalworking methods from one region to another. A new study compares these axes, one from Kazakhstan and the other from northern Germany, both dating to roughly the same Iron Age period. The tools were built using separate iron-making techniques, according to the research published in the journal Radiocarbon. The Sharp Edge of a Viking Axe - Cut Out for More than One Job Iron Age Blacksmith Workshop in the Oxford Countryside Reveals Master Craftsman Dating Iron That Refused to Reveal Its Age Matthias C. Hüls of the Leibniz-Laboratory originally