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A 3,000-Year-Old Workshop May Have Revealed The Origins of The Iron Age

The Iron Age was one of the most significant epochs in human history, and researchers may have uncovered the secrets of how we left the Bronze Age behind – via a 3,000-year-old smelting workshop ...
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Most Iron Artifacts From The Bronze Age Appear To Have Their Origins In Outer Space

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Ancient Origins

2,500-Year-Old Iron Age Village Found Under German Fire Station

Recent archaeological excavations in Hüllhorst, Germany, have revealed a rare and remarkably well-preserved Iron Age village. The discovery was made on a site originally designated for the ...
Artnet

Museum Snaps Up the U.K.’s Largest-Ever Iron Age Gold Coin Hoard

Five years after emerging from the grounds of Chelmsford, the U.K.’s largest recorded hoard of ancient gold coins has found a new home. Unearthed by a metal detectorist, the Great Baddow Hoard (named ...
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Tamil Nadu may be the birthplace of Iron Age, says study

CHENNAI: Iron Age could well have begun in today's Tamil Nadu, at least 1,000 years before it was earlier estimated, recent dating of samples from burial urns at Sivagalai in Tuticorin district show.
The Diplomat

Iron and the Archeological Battle Between North and South India

Iron implements found in Tamil Nadu indicate that the Iron Age began here 5,300 years ago. Politicizing this fact does a disservice to archeology and the quest for truth. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K ...