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How 4,000 year old business letters helped economists find 11 lost citiesThousands of 4,000-year-old clay tablets, mostly merchants’ receipts and complaints about dangerous roads, helped economists estimate where...
The Vikings crossed the Atlantic centuries before Columbus. Why did their American adventure disappear from history?Norse voyages to North America occurred centuries before Christopher Columbus's expedition in 1492. Archaeological evidence from L'Anse aux...
Meghalaya tourism crosses 75,000 livelihoods, eyes year-round growth on World Tourism DayIn celebration of World Tourism Day 2026, Meghalaya is embracing a sustainable tourism model that prioritizes community involvement. This i...
In 1992, an English metal detectorist searched a field for a lost hammer; moments later, he uncovered a Roman hoard containing thousands of ancient objectsToday, the Hoxne Hoard remains one of Britain's most extraordinary Roman archaeological discoveries, and its unlikely origin continues to c...
1,200 km more railway tracks coming: Govt clears 8 projects worth Rs 20,000 crore to connect 6,900 villages across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & moreThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved eight railway projects costing over twenty thousand crore rupees. These projects will in...
A man digging a garden terrace in Denmark struck something unusual. Then he realized he had found a Viking treasure including Thor's hammerA remarkable garden project in Denmark revealed an extraordinary Viking Age silver hoard, weighing a staggering eighteen point five kilogra...
In early 2026, OPG began drilling 40 boreholes at Ontario’s Wesleyville site. Now, the tests are assessing land that could eventually host up to 10,000 MW of nuclear powerCanada is undertaking an ambitious project by drilling forty boreholes to evaluate a vast field in Lake Ontario, which could potentially ac...
Delhi’s 1,459 heritage assets face ‘severe threat’, master plan calls for stronger conservationDelhi's Master Plan 2047 identifies 1,459 heritage assets facing significant threats. The plan emphasizes enhanced conservation and regular...
New railway projects to cut oil imports by 13 cr litres & CO2 emissions by 65 cr kg, equal to planting 2.6 cr trees; All about Rs 9,450 cr multitracking projectsThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved four major railway projects aimed at improving freight movement and passenger connec...
A Byzantine royal ship sank off Croatia in the 7th century, 1300 years later it was discovered with 600 grams of gold including a gold ring linked to emperor HeracliusA 1,300-year-old shipwreck off Croatia's Mljet island revealed over 600 grams of gold. This significant discovery includes a signet ring po...
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma inaugurates first eco-sustainable habitat 'Pine Home' and open-air museumMeghalaya's Chief Minister inaugurated the state's first eco-sustainable habitat, the Pine Home project. This initiative blends global arch...
How a 1,300-foot-high Italian hill town with roots in the 8th century BC was abandoned, then found a second life in James Bond’s 'Quantum of Solace'Craco, an ancient Italian town, faced abandonment due to geological instability and landslides. Economic hardship also pushed many resident...
Raise your amphorae to 1st-2nd-c. plonkArchaeologists discovered five hundred ancient jars from a Roman shipwreck. These jars were stacked on the seafloor off the coast of Sicily...
Italian divers found a 2,100-year-old Roman shipwreck beneath 151 feet of water; its cargo still held about 500 wine jarsAn underwater fisherman discovered a Roman shipwreck near Mazara del Vallo. Hundreds of ancient wine jars, called amphorae, were found pile...
In 1990, Guatemala launched an ambitious mahogany restoration program in Petén to combat deforestation. Years later, it produced Central America's largest natural forest and transformed the province into a global conservation modelGuatemala's 1990 mahogany restoration program changed the future of the country's forests. Instead of losing more rainforest, the Maya Bios...
120 kg of gold, 2 million ancient coins and a rare Confucius portrait found in the tomb of a Chinese emperor who ruled for just 27 days — archaeologists uncover a 2,000-year-old fortune buried with the fallen rulerA 2,000-year-old Chinese tomb linked to Liu He, the emperor who ruled for just 27 days, has revealed more than 2 million ancient bronze coi...
World Bank President Ajay Banga visits key Sikh & Buddhist sites in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Here’s whyWorld Bank President Ajay Banga visited Gurdwara Panja Sahib and the Jaulian Buddhist archaeological site in Pakistan. His trip included me...
Over Rs 30 million approved for conservation of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor's houses in northwest PakistanPakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has sanctioned funds for restoring the ancestral homes of Indian film legends Dilip Kumar and Raj ...
Economic Advisory Council asks govt to relook procedure for declaring monuments to be of national importance“The Archaeological Survey of India should come up with substantive criteria and a detailed procedure for declaring monuments to be of nati...
India demands immediate access for its experts to restore Buddhist structures in Gilgit-BaltistanIndia on Wednesday sought immediate access to the area in Gilgit-Baltistan (under Pak occupation) where Buddhist archaeological sites have ...