A mysterious metallic sphere, without joints and ancient scripts, found in Colombia. Here's all we know about itA metallic sphere discovered in Colombia has sparked debate about its origins, with some suggesting extraterrestrial involvement. The objec...
25 May, 2025, 09.02 PM IST
Moon turns red: Watch a big celestial event in March - a total lunar eclipseA total lunar eclipse will be visible across the Western Hemisphere, especially in North and South America, on the night of Thursday to Fri...
08 Mar, 2025, 08.44 PM IST
Rediscovering rusks: The timeless snack that pairs perfectly with chaiRusks, often overshadowed by biscuits, are simple dried bread slices typically mildly sweet with added fennel or cardamom. Though not as po...
13 Oct, 2024, 08.11 PM IST
Piecing together an ancient epic was slow work until AI got involvedSo despite a generation-spanning effort, about 30% of Gilgamesh remains missing and there are gaps in modern understanding both of the poem...
13 Aug, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
Modern alternative fixed income investments: Tracing the evolution of invoice financing across time and economiesEvolving from Mesopotamian credit practices to modern fintech, invoice financing aids businesses by selling unpaid invoices. Italian banker...
09 Jul, 2024, 12.19 PM IST
Humanity's preoccupation with the supernatural extends back to ancient MesopotamiaA fascination with the afterlife and other worlds is not new: ghost stories from all over the world prove it's been part of the human exper...
15 Nov, 2023, 07.02 PM IST
2,800-yr-old Assyrian stone tablet unveiled at Iraqi museumThe tablet was recently returned by Italy to the Iraqi government. It bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king who ruled th...
20 Jun, 2023, 07.44 AM IST
The Ahimsa seal of the IndusLong before horses existed in the world of commerce, at the time pyramids were being built in Egypt, and ziggurats in Mesopotamia, there ex...
29 Apr, 2023, 12.29 AM IST
Evolution of writing: From Mesopotamians to ChatGPT, humans have always adapted to new technologyStudying the past can deepen our understanding of how humans have adapted to modern technology.
15 Feb, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
ChatGPT is confronting, but humans have always adapted to new technologyWhile ChatGPT threatens to change writing (and writing-related work) as we know it, the Mesopotamians, who lived 4,000 years ago (in a geog...
13 Feb, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Princess, poetess, priestess: Get to know Enheduanna, the world’s first-known authorEnheduanna was a Mesopotamian priestess who lived 4000 years ago.
08 Jan, 2023, 11.34 AM IST
Archaeologists uncover 2,700-yr-old rock carvings from when Nineveh was the capital of ancient Assyrian empireAssyrian royal inscriptions often stress the violent side of empire.
23 Dec, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
Devdutt Pattanaik's new book to give a peek into iconic stories in Abrahamic religionsThe book, titled 'Eden: An Indian Retelling of Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore', will hit the stands in September.
05 Apr, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
It is time to break the gastronomic monopoly of trufflesEpicurean bonobos have led us to a new variety of the aromatic tuber.
29 Sep, 2020, 08.12 AM IST
Time travel: World's oldest cuisines make way to Bengaluru's dining menuThe idea is to educate diners in understanding food as one of the most important achievements of human evolution.
18 Jul, 2018, 10.28 AM IST
Navigation began in India: Indus Valley Indians used monsoon winds for sailingBengaluru, Dec 4 (IANS) Indians had knowledge of harnessing monsoon winds for navigation long before Hippalus, the Greek mariner and acclai...
04 Dec, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
High-tech plan in place to save ancient sites from ISIS: ReportArchaeologists at Oxford and Harvard will flood the region with 3D cameras in a plan to create a full digital record of every threatened ar...
28 Aug, 2015, 08.27 PM IST