In the south of India, in the state of Tamil Nadu, in the village of Kontagay, archaeologists found a rusty iron dagger in a burial urn along with the remains of human skeletons. According to preliminary estimates, the weapon is about 2,500 years old.
About find told Smithsonian Magazine and noted that the knife belonged to a once prosperous but still unexplored civilization. The find is densely covered with rust, but at the same time, the knife has a well-preserved wooden handle “practically in its original form.”
Scientists noted that this is a rather long blade – about 40 centimeters.
“Unfortunately, it is broken, but nevertheless the artifact can be studied. It is already clear that this type of weapon was used by warriors during the Sangam period (from about the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD),” said the director of the Department of Archeology of Tamil Nadu R. Sivanandama.
For a more accurate dating of the weapon, the dagger was sent to the United States for examination.
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In addition to the dagger, archaeologists have found a number of other amazing artifacts. In the same place where they found the weapon, they unearthed many remains of human skeletons, animal bones, burial urns, the remains of various structures with clay floors and brick walls.
Scientists have suggested that a fairly advanced civilization once existed on the site of the modern village of Kontagay.
“As evidenced by the findings, those who lived on these lands much earlier than their contemporaries played board games, had a written language and spoke the Tamil-Brahmi language,” said the experts.
They suggest that this civilization could be associated with the famous civilization of the Indus Valley or Harappa.
As reported OBOZREVATEL, in Kiev during archaeological work near Sofia, scientists found a unique jewelry made of gold, presumably 12th century.
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