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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“…Tamil Nadu discoveries could significantly reshape our understanding of human technological development… push back the global Iron Age timeline by approximately 2,000 years, challenging the previously held belief that the Hittite Empire in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) was the birthplace of iron technology around 1380 BCE. The evidence suggests that complex iron smelting technology, requiring temperatures up to 1,400°C, was mastered in Tamil Nadu over 5,000 years ago.”