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 ...

The recent archaeological revelations from Sivagalai in Tamil Nadu have sent ripples across historical and scientific communities. With definitive evidence of i ...

The iron from this planet used in the smelting was likely traded to this ... which is hardly possible with the tools of the Iron Age,” Jambon told Phys.com. “If you go hunting after a fall ...

Tamil Nadu Iron Age: Turkey was widely believed to be the first region in the world where iron was smelted and used, however a recent archeological discovery in Tamil Nadu has reignited the debate ...

Iron working was a common element of everyday life in Iron Age Britain. By 500 BC iron had replaced bronze as the usual metal for making tools and weapons. Blacksmiths produced iron using charcoal ...

Swiss archaeologist Eric Huysecom and cameraman Bernard Augustoni work with 13 master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional furnace for smelting iron in Mali. There has not been any ...

For over 20 years, archaeologists in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu have been unearthing clues to the region's ancient ...

The unearthing of an iron smelting furnace at Kodumanal also lends ... How does this change our understanding of the Iron Age? Though iron artifacts have been unearthed at 27 locations in eight ...