Archaeology

Schoolboy unearths 1,800-year-old Roman silver coin

While playing in a sandbox in Germany, an 8-year-old boy spotted a small silver object. A year later archaeologists examined…

1 year ago

97 million years ago armoured dinosaurs roamed in Southern Hemisphere

<p> <strong>A finding that opens up an entirely new window of the past is always welcome and that is what…

2 years ago

Lift being installed in Ellora Caves for ease of tourists

<p> <strong>With the aim of making the UNESCO World Heritage site Ellora Caves more tourist-friendly, a slew of measures will…

2 years ago

Drought triggered by Climate Change caused collapse of Mayan capital Mayapan, says new historical study

<p> <strong>History has been a teacher since time immemorial and those who choose not to learn from it are doomed…

2 years ago

Mysterious Egyptian Mummy dating back to 1st Century BCE continues to baffle scientists!

<p> <strong>The mummy of the “Mysterious Lady”, continues to amaze the archaeologists and historians alike. A report in sciencealert.com mentions…

2 years ago

Mystery of 2,000-year-old Syrian city’s unknown God finally unraveled

<p> <strong>The impressive and imposing ancient city of Palmyra which is situated in present-day Syria had an intriguing aspect which…

2 years ago

13th Century inscription spotlights confluence of Abrahamic faiths in Tamil Nadu’s Periyapattinam

<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…

2 years ago

4,000-year-old iron smelting furnace discovered in Tamil Nadu

<p> <strong>The members of the Ramanathapuram Archaeological Research Foundation (RARE) have discovered aniron smelting furnace in Srivilliputhur located in Tamil…

2 years ago

2,000 year old bones of frogs and toads discovered in England puzzles archaeologists

<p> <strong>Mystery shrouds the discovery of a pit in England in which 8,000 frogs and toads bones that are at…

2 years ago

50,000 years ago, love for super-sized duck eggs caused extinction of the bird in Australia

<p> <strong>The scientific community and historians were delighted when the mystery pertaining to an ancient eggshell and dogging them for…

2 years ago

3,400 years old Bronze Age city resurfaces as Tigris river dries up

<p> <strong>For archaeologists and historians, it was a rare opportunity to explore a city which was 3,400 years old and…

2 years ago

13th Century Telugu inscription spotlighting the great Kakatiyas discovered in Telangana

<p> <strong>The archaeologists and historians of Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundam made a significant discovery when they found an inscription from…

3 years ago

4,300-year-old tomb of Egyptian official spotlights Pharaonic bureaucracy

<p> <strong>The mighty ancient Egypt is not just about the great pharaohs, queens and wars. It is also about hundreds…

3 years ago

Indian scientists discover 35 million years old fossil of gigantic snake in Ladakh Himalaya

<p> Indian scientists have discovered an almost 35 million years old rare fossil of the gigantic Madtsoiidae snake from Ladakh…

3 years ago

Fresh diggings at Rakhigarhi in Haryana reveal Harappan jewellery and planned city

<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…

3 years ago

160-year-old skeletons found in Punjab well belonged to 1857 martyrs – study

<p> <strong>The mystery shrouding the discovery of a large number of human skeletons excavated in 2014 from an old well…

3 years ago

1,700 years old fashionable Italian sandal reveals how ancient travelers moved across icy Norway

<p> <strong>Artefacts have always helped archaeologists and scholars to understand people and the times they lived in better. For example,…

3 years ago

Did mass migration turn Mayan people into maize eaters 5600 years ago?

<p> <strong>Just as customs and traditions of a community or region have a back story or stories, the staple diet…

3 years ago

United Arab Emirates has a rich civilizational past – 8,500 years old human settlement found at Ghagha island

<p> <strong>In what can be described as a major and significant discovery as per a report in smithsonianmag.com, archaeologists have…

3 years ago

Portugal’s 8,000-year-old skeletons could be the oldest mummies on the planet

<p> With the discovery of remains of human beings in Portugal’s Sado Valley, the distinction of having the oldest known…

3 years ago

Formation of England’s Stonehenge reveals a permanent Solar Calendar

<p> <strong>The sheer size and magnitude of Stonehenge built between 3000 BC and 2000 BC makes it enigmatic. Yet it…

3 years ago