A groundbreaking study has revealed that the Iron Age may have begun in present-day Tamil Nadu as early as 3,345 BCE, challenging previous historical assumptions by pushing back the timeline of iron ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin holds up a state archeology department report that traces the earliest use of iron in Tamil Nadu to 3345 BCE, Chennai, India, January 23, 2025. Credit: X/M.K.

Ancient copper smelters may have accidentally set the stage for the Iron Age. At a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia, researchers discovered that metalworkers were using iron oxide not to smelt iron ...

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An amateur metal detectorist in Northern England has discovered an "unusual" 2,000-year-old hoard of artifacts that was burned and then buried. The Iron Age finding, named the Melsonby Hoard after the ...