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In 1908, a cowboy checking flood damage spotted giant bones in a New Mexico arroyo; the site later helped overturn accepted ideas about America’s earliest inhabitants- 16th-century shipwreck of a merchant vessel discovered off the coast of Ramatuelle in France accidentally when navy researchers scanned the seafloor in routine sonar investigations
- Colourful mosaic, bathhouse, luxury artifacts: 1600-year-old Roman villa discovered beneath English farmland
- In 1776, a rare declaration was created by America. Britain quietly preserved it. Nearly 250 years later, it was found by accidentFor Americans the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the discovery carries particular symbolic value. It reminds us that...26 Jul, 2026, 05.45 AM IST
- Egyptian Pyramids to get a makeover: Country's richest family is planning a $41 million revamp of one of the seven wonders of the worldNaguib Sawiris is investing an additional 500 million Egyptian pounds for Giza Plateau redevelopment. This funding will introduce electric ...14 Jul, 2026, 02.56 PM IST
- In 1929, a young archaeologist in China uncovered skullcap, 'Peking Man' inside a cold cave and changed human history foreverA 1929 discovery in China changed human evolution studies. Pei Wenzhong found the Peking Man skullcap. This fossil proved early humans live...15 Jun, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
- 1,700-year-old Roman gold ring discovered in England by former soldier during metal-detecting tripA former soldier unearthed a rare Roman gold ring in southwest England. The 1,700-year-old artefact features the goddess Victoria. Experts ...07 Jun, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
- 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...08 May, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
- 5000 years old mystery solved: This is what scientists are saying about the origins of Britain's iconic StonehengeThe story of Stonehenge, one of the world's greatest ancient mysteries, has taken a fascinating turn.21 Dec, 2024, 08.06 PM IST
- 9 pendants, 3 rings, and innumerable gold pearls dating AD 500 unearthed in southern NorwayOle Madsen, director at the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger, said that to find "so much gold at the same time is extre...08 Sep, 2023, 07.43 PM IST
- Caves unravel how Silk Route traders survived Ladakh coldLadakh had been the convergence point between central and south Asia when the Silk Route was thriving. The 60-day journey on the Ladakh rou...22 Feb, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
- Greece: Wildfire stopped at gate of ancient fortress cityThe archaeological site of Mycenae has not been damaged by a wildfire that swept through the area, despite blackening the entrance to the a...31 Aug, 2020, 04.26 PM 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
- Humans wiped out megafauna in AustraliaNew York, Jan 21 (IANS) The poop of some of the ancient huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia has indicated that the pr...21 Jan, 2017, 04.00 PM IST
- Indians used own cooking pots in Egypt during ancient Indo-Roman tradeKolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) Cooking was as personal to Indians in the early Roman period as it is now, says a noted British expert on Roman pott...18 Oct, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
- World Heritage List: Other sites that made the cutMostly abandoned after a devastating earthquake in the 14th century, the ruins in Ani include a relatively well-preserved cathedral and hol...24 Jul, 2016, 07.38 AM IST
- Ancient human ancestor likely survived through Ice AgeAn ancient species of human thought to be long extinct may have survived until as recently as the end of the last Ice Age, a 14,000 year-ol...18 Dec, 2015, 01.30 PM IST
- ASI checks Delhi monuments for damageSources said ASI may order a new report for Qutub Minar by agencies like the CBRI and further monitoring of the condition of other suscepti...29 Apr, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
- Wreckage of Chinese warship sunk 120 years ago discoveredThe wreckage of a Chinese warship, sunk 120 years ago during the first Sino-Japanese War, has been discovered during an underwater explorat...04 Nov, 2014, 04.47 PM IST
- Qutab Minar in Delhi tilting due to seepage: ExpertsIs Qutab Minar going the way of the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Experts are understood to have expressed concern that the monument, which Qutab ...24 Jan, 2009, 08.37 AM IST
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