Nobody cares for Pakistan’s heritage, laments daily
July 9th, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Heritage? Who cares! That was the sarcastic comment of a Pakistani daily after a massive hoard of ancient statues and coins were found ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
How a 3000-yr-old, 27,000-piece jigsaw puzzle was solved in 9yrs!
February 24th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): Imagine having to put together 27,000 fragments of a puzzle together piece by piece - a team of German archaeologists has achieved a similar feat in almost nine ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Berlusconi angers art restorers by replacing body parts on statues
November 20th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov 20 (ANI): After Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi angered art restorers by replacing missing body parts of ancient marble statues in his office, Italy's culture ministry has come forward to ... Read more...
Posted in World |
World Tamil Conference preparations in full swing
June 11th, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), June 11 (ANI): Over forty statues of ancient Tamil Kings and warriors are being sculpted for the upcoming world Tamil conference to be held in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Temple of Tut’s grandad could be home to ancient statues
May 18th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): The funerary temple of Tutankhamun's grandfather Amenhotep III could be home to several colossal granite statues representing an ancient deity, say reserachers.Egyptian archaeologists led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bhima Devi Museum to open in Haryana
July 12th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 12 (IANS) Bhima Devi Museum, one of the oldest and only one of its kind open air museum, in the Pinjore town in Haryana will be opened for public Monday.
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Marble head of Roman Emperor Titus found
June 25th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of ancient Roman treasures, including a marble head of the Roman emperor Titus, during an excavation outside the southern Italian city of Naples. ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth ancient Roman treasures in Naples
June 17th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Rome, June 17 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a number of ancient Roman treasures during excavation outside the southern Italian city of Naples.Twelve ancient statues, columns and fragments bearing inscriptions from what appear ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |