Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between 5,000 to 5,400 years old. This suggests that the process of extracting, smelting, ...

New evidence reveals that Tamil Nadu may have skipped the Copper Age, directly advancing to iron smelting. Archaeological findings challenge traditional history, suggesting an early Iron Age ...

This ancient sword found on an island in Denmark is incredibly well-preserved despite dating back to 1100 and 900 B.C.E.

Researchers say the age of these artifacts challenges existing timelines and highlights the technological ... Dating tests conducted in five laboratories worldwide confirmed their antiquity. A ...

The age marks a period when societies began using ... Centre for Scientific Research highlights a key discovery - an iron sword from a burial site, made of ultra-high-carbon steel and dating ...

The report suggests that the State was among the first places on earth where smelted iron was used. In other words, the Iron Age perhaps began at least a millennium earlier than prevailing research ...

Among the most remarkable finds is a sword made from ultra-high-carbon ... confirming their age. Unlike early iron artifacts found in other parts of the world—many of which were made from ...

IRON AGE GIRL:What is it? IRON AGE BOY:The cattle. NARRATOR:Tribes stealing from each other and fighting over land is a big problem. NARRATOR:A tribal meeting is called to discuss what to do.

The Iron Age is long believed to have started in the Hittite Empire in Anatolia ... Speaking to BBC, historian Osmund Bopearachchi of the Paris-based French National Centre for Scientific Research ...

An archaeological discovery has come to light on the outskirts of Gudipalli, a mandal headquarters in Nalgonda district, where rare Iron Age structures have been found in a neglected state.