Meet the 2-billion-year-old giant that stretches 14km long, towers nearly 3km into the sky, and hides a hairy carnivoreMount Roraima, a flat-topped mountain on the Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana border, is an ancient and otherworldly place. Its isolation has ...
In 1888, two cowboys riding through Colorado Canyon country spotted a hidden cliff dwelling, and the discovery revealed a massive 700-year-old PuebloNestled within the rugged cliffs, Cliff Palace was an extensive ancestral Pueblo community lost to time for many centuries. In 1888, two ad...
This 1,000-year-old church had no door, and archaeologists think they finally know whyAn ancient Polish church, the Rotunda of the Holy Virgin Mary, long puzzled archaeologists with its lack of a visible door. New research re...
Scientists may have finally solved how Stonehenge’s massive 25-ton stones reached southern England thousands of years agoNew research pinpoints West Woods in Wiltshire as the origin for most of Stonehenge's massive sarsen stones. This discovery strongly sugges...
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 ...
Hidden pipes, sandstone walls: How our ancestors kept interiors cool without AC, fanAncient Indian architecture employed ingenious, nature-based cooling systems long before modern technology. Structures like Lotus Mahal and...
How a wrong turn from DU team led to possible 14,000 year old 'Chaukhada Rock Art' discovery in MirzapurA wrong turn has led a team of Delhi University anthropologists to what may be a prehistoric rock art site in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur. The...
OnePlus Nord 6 launches in India with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, 165FPS gaming, and a massive 9000mAh battery, starting under Rs 40,000OnePlus has launched the Nord 6 in India, positioning it as a performance-focused mid-range smartphone under ₹40,000. Powered by the Snapdr...
Oil India ramps up crude production from Rajasthan's Thar desertOil India Ltd: The state-run company has increased production by around 70 per cent compared to last year's 705 barrels per day, marking a ...
Holy water from Ganga and Yamuna, sandstone from Rajasthan for first Hindu stone temple in Abu DhabiConstructed with materials from across India, the first Hindu stone temple in Abu Dhabi is a stunning architectural masterpiece. Inaugurate...
Rajasthan govt to begin e-auction to mine sandstone to be used for Ram templeThe Rajasthan government will soon begin an online auction of a special pink sandstone variety, much sought after by builders including tho...
Rajasthan set to allow legal mining of unique sandstone, needed to build Ram templeThe district administration in Rajasthan's Bharatpur is seeking the denotification of part of a wildlife sanctuary to allow the mining of a...
Chennai: ‘Using stucco to restore temple art like painting over Mona Lisa’Several years ago, the sandstone sculptures of Shiva as Gangadhara and Ravana lifting the Kailasa on the interior walls of the Matangesvara...
Coming home: Sri Devi, Bahubali and other antiques brought back by Modi governmentOf the 24, 16 were brought back from the US, five from Australia and one each from Canada, Germany and Singapore, the ASI said in reply to ...
Indian stone to be used to construct war memorial in New ZealandSandstone from India would be used to construct a $5 million war memorial in NZ to represent the major historical events and themes.
- Sandstone, Sequoia buy small stake in Micromax
Sandstone Capital & Sequoia Capital have picked up minority stake in Micromax, for about Rs 200 cr, ahead of its possible listing on bourse...
- Global meltdown hits sandstone industry of Rajasthan
With global meltdown in financial markets beginning to shake the Indian stock markets badly, the sandstone industry of Jaipur has also come...