"Based on results from world-renowned institutions, the use of iron in Tamil Nadu dates back to the beginning of 4th millennium B.C.E., establishing that iron usage was prominent in South India over 5 ...

The Iron Age, when the discovery of iron smelting technology helped revolutionise agriculture, war and construction, is considered to have begun around 1,400 BCE - 1,500 BCE in India ...

Stalin also posted documents outlining the results of scientific dating studies on five samples of clay urns excavated from an iron-age burial site near Sivagalai village in Tuticorin district that ...

Iron Age in Tamil Nadu may have begun around 3,345 BCE, a thousand years earlier than previously believed, new carbon dating from burial urns in Sivag ...

Releasing the 73-page report with proof of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates obtained from globally acclaimed laboratories and validated by 10 ...

Archaeology director says the piece comes "from what must have been one of Scandinavia's most magnificent helmets." ...

Chennai: In what is considered a landmark revelation that reshapes the understanding of early metallurgy in India, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday announced that the use of iron in ...

Antiquity of iron in Tamil Nadu dating back to 4th millennium BCE revealed through archaeological excavations at Sivagalai.

Chennai: In the summer of 2022, a team from Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology unearthed 160 burial urns at Sivagalai in Thoothukudi district.

Nutrition is one major area of mounting concern. UNICEF works with partners all across South Asia in an effort to reduce malnutrition and improve overall nutrition, by strengthening nutrition support ...

Chennai: Proclaiming to the world, ‘The Iron Age began on Tamil soil,’ Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday said, with immense pride and unmatched satisfaction, that the use of iron in Tamil ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel ...