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Sun disappeared 3,000 years ago. A buried tablet revealed what happened next
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Sun disappeared 3,000 years ago. A buried tablet revealed what happened next

India Today  

Over three thousand years ago, the Sun suddenly dimmed and disappeared in the middle of the day, in a part of the world that is modern-day Syria. The phenomenon is called the Total Solar Eclipse, and occurs approximately every 18 months somewhere on Earth, but isn't visible from all locations during each event. WHEN THE SUN VANISHED 3,000 YEARS AGO …

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Dating Poompuhar, resolving a controversy
1 year, 10 months ago

Dating Poompuhar, resolving a controversy

The Hindu  

Over the past few years, if there was one claim that attracted unanimous denunciation from archaeologists as “unscientific”, it was the claim of a geologist that the ancient port city of Poompuhar flourished 15,000 years ago, off the present day Kaveripoompattinam village in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu. V. Selvakumar, Head, Department of Maritime History and Marine Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur, …

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Back to the future: Cutting-edge tech that helps us decode the past
2 years, 5 months ago

Back to the future: Cutting-edge tech that helps us decode the past

Hindustan Times  

Machines are helping rewrite history, peering into the ancient past with greater accuracy. “We’ve used aerial photogrammetry, x-ray spectrometers and ground penetrating radar to find chariots and swords from 4,000 years ago,” he says. “We had to piece together 7,000 fragments of stone from the 3rd century BCE, which were discovered scattered at the site,” says Kailasa Rao professor of …

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Why Tamil Nadu’s Iron Age sites are so significant
2 years, 5 months ago

Why Tamil Nadu’s Iron Age sites are so significant

Live Mint  

A few months before the pandemic put an end to all excursions, about 10,000 people lined up to tramp through the remains of an ancient township in Keeladi in southern Tamil Nadu, about 12km from Madurai. It was stunning,” recalls Tamil Nadu state archaeological officer B. Aasaithambi, who worked at the Keeladi excavation site in Sivaganga district from 2017-20. This …

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Long-Distance Trade Existed 3,000 Years Ago Find Researchers From Traces of Turmeric
4 years ago

Long-Distance Trade Existed 3,000 Years Ago Find Researchers From Traces of Turmeric

News 18  

A team of scientists have found that the Mediterranean region was already engaged in long distance trading of exotic spices and fruits from Asia in the Bronze Age. The researchers traced the transformation of Eastern Mediterranean cuisines during the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age by analysing micro remains and proteins preserved in the dental calculus of individuals who lived …

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