A recent study by Dr. Albert Jambon and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, revealed ...

Traveling northwest on congested Route 23 past the north gate of Smoke Rise and crossing a bridge that separates Morris and ...

before the formation of the Kedah government system in the early 1000s, this part of Malaya was known as Kedah Tua. The area was brimming with iron smelting activities, and the team of researchers ...

possibly as early as 4,000 B.C., tried to use the techniques they already knew to smelt iron ore. Unsuccessful at these attempts, they sought a new technique. It wasn't until the discovery that ...

Unlike early iron artifacts found in other parts of the world—many of which were made from meteoritic iron—the Tamil Nadu artifacts point to the use of smelted iron. Smelting involves ...

It's not clear how the Bantu gained their skills in iron working. The great smelting tradition of the Kushite Kingdom of Meroe (around 500 BC) did not spread either further west or towards the ...

What do I study: societal complexity, in many forms, theatrical lighting (strange but true, my first profession), and the practicalities of early technologies, in particular iron smelting – in all due ...

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 ...

Archaeological findings from sites such as Adichanallur, Keezhadi and now Sivagalai have consistently positioned Tamil Nadu as an advanced early civilisation, deeply engaged in technological and ...