7000 BCE : Archaeologists trace earliest domestic pigs in China
With a diet made up by bread and milk, Lyu Peng, a Chinese archaeologist studying at Harvard University, was craving pork dishes from his hometown […]
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
Oldest Tulu inscription found in Mangaluru Veeranarayana Swamy Temple : Belongs to 1159 CE
A Tulu inscription, dating back to the 12th century and said to be the oldest discovered till date, has been found at the Sri Veeranarayana […]
Ancient artifact ‘Nefertem’ retrieved from Australia
The Egyptian embassy in Australia has received the last of four pieces of an ancient relief that had been smuggled out of Egypt in the […]
2,000-year-old shipyard discovered in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
An ancient Roman-Ptolemaic maintenance workshop which was used to repair ships during this era was discovered in Til Abu Sefi, North Sinai, the Ministry of […]
Fact Check – 1000 year old Ancient Varuna Dev Temple In Pakistan As a Toilet for Tourists
It is probably the only temple and certainly the oldest and largest dedicated to the Hindu god Varuna in the entire Indian sub-continent. The world […]
St. Valentine’s Skull At Santa Maria Basilica, Rome
The skull was discovered during an excavation of a catacomb that took place in Rome in the early 1800s; the dig yielded the skeletal remains […]
Gouache Paintings from India (18-19 centuries), in British Museum
This post is all about the Gouache paintings sketched at Tanjore, Southern part of India around 18-19 centuries, that are on display at British Museum Gouache – […]
Rewriting the History, Archaeologists discover pre-Harappan site ruins in India
It’s been so long since We heard something about the ancient Harappans who lived on the Indian subcontinent as unearthed first by eminent Indian archaeologist […]
Oldest statuette of Greece : 7000 years old ancient human figure carved in stone
Athens is the capital of Greece. It was also at the heart of Ancient Greece, a powerful civilization and empire. The city is still dominated […]
Egypt discovers 40 mummies in ancient chambers in Minya
40 mummies of ‘middle-class family from ancient Egypt’ are found in 2,000-year-old desert tombs packed with pottery and paper near Cairo Mummies lie in a […]