Archaeology

While playing in a sandbox in Germany, an 8-year-old boy spotted a small silver object. A year later archaeologists examined the coin and concluded that he had stumbled on an …

<p> <strong>A finding that opens up an entirely new window of the past is always welcome and that is what the remains of a small and prickly dinosaur in South …

<p> <strong>With the aim of making the UNESCO World Heritage site Ellora Caves more tourist-friendly, a slew of measures will be undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India. Among these …

<p> <strong>History has been a teacher since time immemorial and those who choose not to learn from it are doomed to repeat it! This is the crux as per a …

<p> <strong>The mummy of the “Mysterious Lady”, continues to amaze the archaeologists and historians alike. A report in sciencealert.com mentions that this woman who the researchers suggested had died during …

<p> <strong>The impressive and imposing ancient city of Palmyra which is situated in present-day Syria had an intriguing aspect which had been perplexing historians, archaeologists and scientists alike for a …

<p> <strong>A 13<sup>th</sup> Century inscription in Tamil engraved on a stone pillar at Valantharavai village throws light on worship of three Abrahamic faiths–Judaism, Islam and Christianity–at Periyapattinam in Tamil Nadu.</strong></p> <p> …

<p> <strong>The members of the Ramanathapuram Archaeological Research Foundation (RARE) have discovered aniron smelting furnace in Srivilliputhur located in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district which they claim to be 4,000-year-old.</strong></p> <p> …

<p> <strong>Mystery shrouds the discovery of a pit in England in which 8,000 frogs and toads bones that are at least 2,000 years old were found. Historians and archaeologists wonder …

<p> <strong>The scientific community and historians were delighted when the mystery pertaining to an ancient eggshell and dogging them for the past 41 years was solved. This shell was special …

<p> <strong>For archaeologists and historians, it was a rare opportunity to explore a city which was 3,400 years old and they did not let it go. While the drought brought …

<p> <strong>The archaeologists and historians of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam made a significant discovery when they found an inscription from the 13th and 14th Centuries in Sri Varadaraja Swamy Temple …

<p> <strong>The mighty ancient Egypt is not just about the great pharaohs, queens and wars. It is also about hundreds of officials who helped the monarch to run this powerful …

<p> Indian scientists have discovered an almost 35 million years old rare fossil of the gigantic Madtsoiidae snake from Ladakh Himalaya for the first time, according to a statement issued …

<p> <strong>At the end of the three-month-long phase of excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India at the 5,000-year-old Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana has uncovered important pointers about …

<p> <strong>The mystery shrouding the discovery of a large number of human skeletons excavated in 2014 from an old well in Punjab’s Ajnala town has been solved. According to a …

<p> <strong>Artefacts have always helped archaeologists and scholars to understand people and the times they lived in better. For example, the recently found 1,700 years old discarded worn out leather …

<p> <strong>Just as customs and traditions of a community or region have a back story or stories, the staple diet of a place and people too have a background. Take …

<p> <strong>In what can be described as a major and significant discovery as per a report in smithsonianmag.com, archaeologists have found the United Arab Emirates’ oldest known man-made structure. Located …

<p> With the discovery of remains of human beings in Portugal’s Sado Valley, the distinction of having the oldest known mummies in the world could now rest with Europe. A …

<p> <strong>The sheer size and magnitude of Stonehenge built between 3000 BC and 2000 BC makes it enigmatic. Yet it was not merely for show, for scientists always believed it …