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In 1748, workers digging near Naples hit painted walls, and Pompeii began returning from ashIn a serendipitous turn of events in 1748, excavations near Naples revealed the buried city of Pompeii, a Roman gem preserved by the volcan...- In 1942, a plowman struck something unexpected beneath a wartime field and discovered a hoard of Roman silver hidden for over 1,600 yearsA farmer's plow unearthed a remarkable Roman silver hoard in England. This discovery challenged previous beliefs about Roman Britain's weal...
- Musket balls and a burnt hull: First shipwrecks linked to Pirates of the Caribbean discovered in Nassau Harbor, The BahamasNassau, Bahamas, once a pirate haven, has yielded six shipwrecks. Three wrecks are linked to the Golden Age of Piracy. These discoveries ar...
- In 2000, a man walking his dog in Norfolk beaches found a strange stone tool that rewrote what scientists knew about Britain’s ancient historyA chance beach discovery in Norfolk, UK, has rewritten early human history in northern Europe. A worked flint tool, found in 2000, revealed...
- In 2018, workers building a major English highway uncovered giant Ice Age bones that revealed Britain sits on an ancient mammoth territoryA Cambridgeshire highway project crew unearthed massive Ice Age mammoth bones, revealing a prehistoric landscape. This significant find, un...
- Goddess Vagdevi idol more important than Kohinoor, say petitioners; seek its return from LondonFollowing a High Court ruling declaring Bhojshala a Saraswati temple, Hindu petitioners are demanding the return of the Goddess Vagdevi ido...
- Hindu petitioners term Bhojshala ruling victory after 700-year struggleThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled the Bhojshala complex in Dhar a Saraswati temple. Hindu petitioners celebrated this decision as a v...
- Now, Jain community claims Bhojshala, seeks right to worship at disputed monument in Madhya PradeshA Jain petitioner has appealed to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, claiming the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar was a medieval Jain temple...
- MP High Court recognises Bhojshala as temple, sets aside ASI order permitting Muslim prayers at Kamal Maula mosque-linked siteThe Madhya Pradesh High Court has declared the Bhojshala complex in Dhar a temple for Goddess Vagdevi. This ruling overturns a previous ord...
- In 1998, a Beachgoer Walking Along a Quiet Shore in Norfolk - An Upside-Down Tree in the Sand - Revealed a Hidden Bronze Age Ritual SiteIn 1998, an ancient Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, was discovered at Holme-next-the-Sea after emerging from the sands due to erosion. ...
- UK's Ashmolean museum sends back sacred idol to Tamil Nadu templeThe Ashmolean Museum in London has returned a 16th century bronze idol to India. This sacred icon belongs to a temple in Tamil Nadu. The mu...
- Oxford University to return 500-yr-old bronze statue of a Tamil saint to IndiaThe 60 cm-tall statue of Saint Tirumankai Alvar was acquired by the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford from Sotheby's auction hou...
- British museum lends 2,500-yr-old Greek water vase to Acropolis museumThe 2,500-year-old hydria, signed by Athenian potter Meidias, is decorated with red figures reflecting the mythical encounters of humans wi...
- US government returns 266 antique items to ItalyThe returned items include artifacts recently seized in New York from a storage unit belonging to British antiquities dealer Robin Symes, o...
- Museum that houses world's most important Greek antiquities to undergo major renovationThe project, expected to last four years, will be led by the British architect Sir David Chipperfield.
- Seven historic artefacts stolen from India set to return home after Glasgow City Council vote for repatriationSix of the artefacts were stolen from Hindu temples and shrines in different states in India during the 19th century.
- The Spectator! One of Shakespeare's first theatres uncovered in the UKThe excavation showed that the rectangular theatre was built for performance and entertainment.
- 'Century-old Indian dinosaur fossils yet to be recovered, restored'Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) A section of fossil records of Indian dinosaurs, described by British geologist Charles Matley in the early 20th cen...
- Britain's oldest hand-dated document found in Roman troveThe wooden tablet, a notice of debt owed dated January 8, 57 -- less than 14 years after the Roman invasion of 43 -- was found deep beneath...
- Archaeologists dig up 3,000 skeletons at London siteArchaeologists in London have begun digging up some 3,000 historic skeletons including those of plague victims from a burial ground.
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