An ugly, misshapen blob of glassified soil could rewrite the story of humanity’s technological heritage, suggesting that we ...

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 ...

and ancient clay furnaces designed for smelting gold to create a pure product—showed off the highly orchestrated nature of the mining operation. To make it all possible, gold miners eventually ...

The area was brimming with iron smelting activities, and the team of researchers has found physical evidence of this. One day, while sifting through some soil, the team unearthed an ancient ...

As per a report of State Archaeology Department of Tamil Nadu, the ancient peoples who inhabited the region had knowledge of iron smelting and used iron tools as far back as 5,300 years ago.