Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - New Book

[Dan Howard]

They managed to obtain bronze sheet of the right thickness and a reasonable alloy, and I understand how difficult that was, but they said it was annealed (softened by being heated and allowed to cool).

Most bronzes are annealed by heating and quenching, not heating and cooling slowly.

Thanks for translating those passages Sean. I couldn't get access to the journals.