New Delhi [India], June 11: Heights Group, celebrated for its transformative initiatives at the intersection of culture, cinema, and storytelling, proudly presented its latest project, "Ancient ...

Mangaluru: During recent archaeological explorations in Kadri, researchers uncovered a damaged Buddha statue alongside several significant cave structures, according to Prof T Murugeshi, formerly ...

In ancient India, banking-like activities never existed. With evolving time, banks started to come into existence in form of barter system. There were zamindars too. Banks in India have a long ...

Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old.

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute ...

Adi Channallur: Oldest excavated site, ancient burial urns While cremation is considered the most common funerary process for Hindus, burials are also widely practiced, particularly in south ...

Five ancient urns, packed with ashes, gold, and sparkling gems, were found more than a century ago in a stupa in Piprahwa. ... following opposition from India, which claims the jewels as its and the ...

A unique eight-sided Roman ring unearthed in the UK reveals a small glimpse into Roman Britain. The artifact, dating back to 200-410 A.D., was found by Wessex Archaeology.

Myth, machines, and revolution in ancient India: Roger Zelazny’s 1967 novel ‘Lord of Light’ The novel makes the circular nature of time the book’s primary conceit by making the far future ...

Buried in the DNA of the long extinct woolly mammoth is a compound that scientists hope will one day yield a lifesaving antibiotic. In experiments, mammuthusin, as the compound is called, has ...

Ancient India: Living Traditions, which opens at the British Museum this week, traces the evolution of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art. It explores the deepening popular need to see, ...