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Answer · Nebra Sky Disc

It was cast as a flat preform and hot-forged in about ten cycles of heating and hammering, then annealed.

It was cast as a flat preform and hot-forged in about ten cycles of heating and hammering, then annealed.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Recrystallised grains with annealing twins and elongated inclusions; a replica of the same alloy can be made this way.

What would rule it out

  • Dendritic cast structure in the disc's interior.

Evidence 1 for · none against

The questions it answers

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Mysteries Department. (2026). It was cast as a flat preform and hot-forged in about ten cycles of heating and hammering, then annealed. [Answer ANS0D2SBEFA6ZFK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D2SBEFA6ZFK
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