This challenges the notion that the Hittite Empire used iron first, redefining the timeline of iron usage in global archaeology. CHENNAI: Iron Age could well have begun in today's Tamil Nadu ...
These new dates establish Tamil Nadu as the site of the earliest known Iron Age civilization, making it potentially the oldest in the world. Earlier, the Hittite Empire (in modern-day Turkey ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh, considered the oldest literary work of humanity, has been studied for centuries. Its influence has ...
which makes the Iron Age here the oldest in the world. Earlier, people of the Hittite Empire (in today's Turkiye) were believed to be the first to use iron, in 1,380 BCE. "We have scientifically ...