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A legendary river that shaped ancient empires and civilizations may have just revealed its pastEuphrates River origin: Contrary to popular belief, the mighty Euphrates River wasn't always a single entity. New research reveals it began...- The women brewing change in India, one beer at a timeVarsha Bhat and Lynette Pires are pioneering female brewers in Bengaluru, challenging the male-dominated craft beer industry in India. Bhat...
- A starry network of Arabian tradeThis connection between Arabia and the Indian subcontinent is often overlooked. The central civilisational role of these desert and sea peo...
- Tricking ourselves into immortalityIndradyumna, forgotten on earth, is recalled by an old turtle who remembers his lake formed by dust from donated cows. This story illustrat...
- Gluttony of glamour: Nowadays it’s not enough to just earn money. It is important to show money.The pursuit of glamour involves tactics like using apsara-damsels to enchant and trap individuals. Modern trends, seen in television serial...
- 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...
- 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...
- Archaeologists unearth 5,000 year old pub in IraqFish and animal bones were found in the bowls.
- Princess, poetess, priestess: Get to know Enheduanna, the world’s first-known authorEnheduanna was a Mesopotamian priestess who lived 4000 years ago.
- The new RT-PCR destination for IndiansIndians are currently subject to severe travel restrictions in many parts of the world, given the daily numbers of new cases. However, Indi...
- Sea of Spices: How trade gets intertwined with mythsIndia’s coastal regions were associated with sea trade, as per a 2000-year-old Greek text, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It mentions trad...
- Tax collection: Old view to newThis journey of history is reflected in mythology as polytheism moving towards monotheism. In politics, it is from many tax-collectors to o...
- Yezidis meet Sushma Swaraj, seek support at UNThe delegation met foreign minister Sushma Swaraj and requested her support for their demand to the UN to be recognised as an indigenous co...
- Babylonians beat Greeks by 1,000 years in trigonometry: StudySydney, Aug 25 (IANS) Babylonians were the pioneers of trigonometry -- the study of triangles -- and they trumped the Greeks by 1,000 years...
- Babylonians beat Greeks by 1,000 years in trigonometry: StudySydney, Aug 25 (IANS) Babylonians were the pioneers of trigonometry -- the study of triangles -- and they trumped the Greeks by 1,000 years...
- 'We have no fancy titles like CEO or MD': Baskar Subramanian, co-founder, Amagi Media LabsAmagi Media Labs co-founder Baskar Subramanian shares his experiences with STOI
- Indian wins NASA contest to name Mercury craterThe names were selected by the public outreach team for the spacecraft out of thousands of submissions to an open competition.
- Pack your bags for Baghdad? Iraq looks to tourismNow that insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodshed have ebbed over the past year, Iraq's govt is beginning to promote tourism. Cruise Liner...
- Adam of lost edenIn his 2004 film Notre Musique (Our Music), a journalese-philosophical meditation on war and reconciliation, Jean-Luc Godard gave pride of ...
- Water wars?With a steady stream of bleak predictions that "water wars" will be fought over dwindling supplies in the 21st century, battles between two...
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