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This submerged prehistoric site is changing what we know about Stone Age BritainArchaeologists discovered a prehistoric landscape at Bouldnor Cliff on the Isle of Wight, revealing Mesolithic settlements with woodworking...
Archaeologists uncover Egyptian monument showing a Roman emperor portrayed as a pharaohAn ancient Egyptian stela, 2,000 years old, was discovered in Luxor. It shows Roman Emperor Tiberius as an Egyptian Pharaoh. This artifact ...
Melting ice patches reveal how the bow and arrow reshaped ancient hunting in North AmericaNew research reveals melting ice patches and dry conditions are preserving ancient hunting tools, offering a clearer picture of the bow and...
Comprehensively review maintenance standards at UNESCO sites: Par panel to govtA parliamentary panel has urged the culture ministry to review India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A plan for upgrading maintenance and vi...
Two million years of history at stake: Papamiya Tekdi and Bhatala sites threatened by mining and constructionAncient Stone Age sites in Maharashtra face destruction. Papamiya Tekdi and Bhatala village, holding evidence of early human activity over ...
What Secrets Lie Beneath Ecuador’s Dense Rainforest? LiDAR ExplainsArchaeologists in Ecuador uncovered a hidden ancient Yumbo civilization using LiDAR technology. The discovery reveals over 200 mounds, 100 ...
What Secrets Are Locked Beneath the Alps? New Cave Discovery Raises Big QuestionsExplorers found a vast cave network in the Alps. It contains ancient stone tools and unique ice and limestone formations. These discoveries...
Budget 2026: Tourism gets boost with seaplane manufacturing, Buddhist Circuits & hiking trails in Himachal, KashmirThe government plans to boost tourism with new initiatives. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans for seaplane manufacturing ...
Did humans really live in the UAE 210,000 years ago? Cave discovery at Jebel Faya could rewrite human historyArchaeological discoveries in Sharjah's Jebel Faya rock shelter have unearthed 80,000-year-old stone tools, the oldest Middle Paleolithic a...
Humans have been utilising natural resources to create a sustainable future since antiquityNotre Dame is nearly 1,000 years old and has been damaged and repaired many times. Its last major renovation was in the mid-1800s. The mass...
CAG pulls up ASI for low expenditure on excavation, vacanciesThe culture ministry and ASI need to immediately evolve a strategy to ensure time-bound amendment in the relevant Acts and expedite the pre...
Corporates are lending a helping hand to restoration architects to conserve abandoned places and monumentsThe Kuldhara project was done in consultation with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and funded by the JSW Foundation. This is just one ...
'India should look beyond Yoga as soft power'Sudarshan Ramabadran said that India should look beyond Yoga and focus on the ‘makers of India’s soft power story’ as soft power is a means...
View: The Harappan metropolis of Dholavira is a precious piece of heritage now recognised by UNESCOThese pillar members were also exported to distant Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, probably through a navigable Rann and upstream the Indus River...
State of monuments on PMO radar; panel formed for new conservation modelsThe PMO is also learnt to be closely looking at the cultural spaces and how they are being utilised.
India, Maldives sign pact to expand defence cooperationThe Prime Minister said threat of cross border terrorism, challenge of radicalisation and overall security scenario in the Indian Ocean reg...
Strategy to preserve heritage and traditional knowledge essential: Irina BokovaOne of Unesco's core roles is to coordinate the efforts of the international community, liaise with member states, as well as security and ...
ICOMOS to help in set up of heritage documentation centreA working group for heritage management has been set up by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) India at Hyderabad.
Cracks in Kedarnath temple, sanctum sanctorum safe: ASIHuge cracks have developed in some places in the Kedarnath shrine, which faced the fury of last month's floods, although the sanctum sancto...
- 46 Delhi monuments to get facelift ahead of 2010 Games
Forty-six monuments in the national capital are in for a Rs 25 crore-facelift ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games when thousands of foreig...