Archaeologists in India have discovered a rare artifact, an iron dagger that was found next to a human skeleton, dating back thousands of years.
This was reported by the Indian newspaper “Times of India”, noting that the ancient dagger was found during excavations under the ground in the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India.
An iron dagger from over 2,000 years ago, found in South India, points to an “unknown” parallel civilization to the Sangam Period cultures and may rewrite Indian history! https://t.co/YCeDGKV3Hn
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The Indian newspaper pointed out that the archaeologists also found many other artifacts, noting that they believe that they belong to the Kiladi civilization.
The newspaper noted that archaeologists said that this throat is the first of its kind to be found in that area.
The dagger has a wooden handle 6 centimeters long, 40 centimeters long, and 5 centimeters wide.