The earliest forms of alchemy may have been around for well over 2,500 years and is still practiced today whether in the classical term alchemy or in the fields it gave birth to or influenced which...
Alchemy is an ancient term which included all manner of things we would consider strange today. However the most important sciences to develop from alchemy was chemistry. So if you are doing...
Alchemy was abandoned because it didn't work. Some of the things that did work became chemistry. No one successfully turned lead into gold. Nor did anyone successfully create the philosopher's stone....