Remains of medieval British monarch unearthed?
September 12th, 2012 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Archaeologists have unearthed a skeleton which they believe could be the remains of King Richard III, a medieval monarch, The Independent reported.The skeleton was exhumed from ... Read more...
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Toll in Nigeria village massacres touches 90
July 9th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jos (Nigeria), July 9 (IANS) At least 90 people have been killed in attacks on villages in Nigeria's Plateau state, security sources said Monday.The attacks took place in villages in ... Read more...
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‘Vampire’ skeletons discovered in Bulgaria
June 6th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sozopol, June 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered two medieval skeletons from the Middle Ages, which were pierced through the chest with iron rods to allegedly prevent them from turning ... Read more...
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Infant buried on tantrik’s advice, survives
April 14th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), April 14 (IANS) A nine-day-old child was buried alive by his parents in Hapur on the advice of an occult practitioner. The incident came to light Saturday ... Read more...
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US copper thieves steal sword at Abraham Lincoln’s tomb
November 14th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Chicago, Nov 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Authorities say thieves have stolen the copper sword that was attached to the statue of former US President Abraham Lincoln. Detectives say the thieves cut the sword ... Read more...
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Libya exhibits Gaddafi’s belongings
October 25th, 2011 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Oct 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Libya's new authorities have organised an exhibition of personal belongings of late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt's MENA agency said Tuesday.Gaddafi, who ran the country ... Read more...
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Khurshid represents India at prayers for Rabbani
September 24th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Law Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday represented India at a prayer ceremony in Kabul for former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was assassinated at his ... Read more...
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Indian among three jailed for stealing ex-president’s corpse
May 17th, 2011 - 3:51 am ICT by IANS
Nicosia, May 17 IANS) Three people, including an Indian, have been jailed for stealing the corpse of a former Cyprus president from his grave two-and-a-half years ago, a media report said.A ... Read more...
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Zardari skips, Gilani attends Shahbaz Bhatti’s funeral mass
March 5th, 2011 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 5(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visited a Roman Catholic church in Islamabad to praise slain Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti in front of a huge crowd of ... Read more...
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Nepal PM steps in to defuse religious row over burials
February 1st, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 1 (IANS) The ugly religious row that erupted near one of the holiest Hindu shrines in the world showed signs of calming down Tuesday after Nepal's caretaker Prime ... Read more...
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After Christians, ancient Nepal tribe fights for burial rights
January 30th, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 30 (IANS) Close on the heels of Nepal's Christian community warning the government that they would discard their dead in front of the prime minister's office unless granted ... Read more...
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Fox may have been primitive man’s best friend
January 28th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) Dogs have long been known as man's best friend. But according to a new research, primitive man seemingly preferred the company of foxes rather than dogs.Researchers have uncovered ... Read more...
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10th-century Peru site used for sacrificing children uncovered
December 7th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 07 (ANI): An anthropologist has discovered a site where inhabitants of 10th-century Peru brought sinister novelty to their rites by slaughtering children.In the Lambayeque valley on the north coast of ... Read more...
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Kate Moss plans her own burial
November 10th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 10 (IANS) Model Kate Moss doesn't want to rest in an ordinary burial site after death and is keen to be buried next to boyfriend Jamie Hince at the ... Read more...
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Egyptian secrets of sun worship revealed in new discovery
November 8th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago, Nov 8 (ANI): Egyptologist Barry Kemp has said that the artefacts unearthed recently from an ancient burial site in the city of Amarna shed light on the existence of sun worship ... Read more...
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5,000-year-old tomb complex unearthed on Orkney Islands
November 1st, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): Archaeologists on Orkney have discovered a 5,000-year-old tomb complex, which contains skulls in it.There is a large Neolithic burial complex nearby called The Tomb of the Eagles where ... Read more...
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Ancient Egyptian priest’s tomb discovered in Giza
October 19th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 19 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a pharaonic priest, which is more than 4,000 years old, near the Giza pyramids.Egypt's authorities announced that the beautifully decorated, the burial ... Read more...
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Paleolithic Funeral Feast Unearthed In Northern Israel
September 7th, 2010 - 7:02 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Sep 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Scientist working in a cave in northern Israel have come across a site where they have found remains of a 12000 year old feast. Initially the ... Read more...
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Humans feasted to celebrate burials of their dead 12,000 years ago
August 31st, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 31 (ANI): Remains of an ancient Israeli burial site has offered new evidence that nearly 12,000 years ago, feasts were used to celebrate burial of the dead, bringing about the ... Read more...
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Oetzi, the 5,000-year-old ‘Iceman’ may have had ceremonial burial
August 26th, 2010 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have claimed that Oetzi, the 5,000-year-old "Iceman" found in the Italian Alps, may have been buried in a ceremony.An autopsy suggested that an arrow wound to the ... Read more...
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Beer made 9000 years back in China recreated
July 21st, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 21 (ANI): If you are a fan of classic brews, here's one for you - a beer made from a 9,000-year-old recipe.An American brewery has recreated the beer after analysing ... Read more...
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Archaeologists fail to find secret burial site at Seti I tunnel’s end
July 1st, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 1 (ANI): The four decade long wait finally ended as archaeologists reached the end of the mysterious tunnel in the tomb of Seti I. But hopes that the advance would ... Read more...
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Jackson family to hold anniversary event
June 5th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 5 (IANS) Michael Jackson's family will organise an event in Los Angeles June 10 to mark the first death anniversary of the pop legend.
The Jackson Family Foundation will present ... Read more...
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Serbia finds 250 Albanians in mass grave
May 10th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade, May 10 (DPA) Serbia has discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of some 250 Albanians killed during the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo, the Serbian war crime prosecutor's office said Monday.
"We ... Read more...
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Bonner Springs, KS man sentenced for making threatening calls
May 4th, 2010 - 10:51 pm ICT by BNO News
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS (BNO NEWS) – A Bonner Springs, Kansas man was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for making a series of threatening phone calls to a Kansas Highway Patrol ... Read more...
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‘Laburnum…’ on northeast an evocative, powerful read (IANS Book Review)
April 13th, 2010 - 9:38 am ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
Book: "Laburnum - For My Head"; Author: Temsula Ao; Publisher: Penguin Books-India; Price: Rs.150New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Gripping, not in the sense of a thriller novel, but one in ... Read more...
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Three Neanderthal teeth found in a cave in Poland
February 3rd, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Warsaw, Feb 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Polish scientists announced on Monday that they had made a significant discovery when they found 3 Neanderthal teeth inside a cave in Poland. With this the ... Read more...
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Archaeological cemetery dating back to Romanian era unearthed in Syria
November 26th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 26 (ANI): The Syrian national archaeological team has unearthed an important and unique archaeological cemetery dating back to the Romanian era at the village of Ma'rin al-Jabal, southeast of the ... Read more...
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Toll in Philippine political massacre reaches 57 (Lead)
November 25th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Nov 25 (DPA) Philippine security forces Wednesday dug up three vehicles and 10 more bodies from the site of a massacre linked to a political rivalry in the country's troubled south, ... Read more...
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Burial site reveals brain surgery was carried out in Ireland 1,000 years ago
November 11th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Dublin, November 11 (ANI): A burial site in Ireland has revealed that brain surgery was being carried out in Ireland more than 1,000 years ago.A multitude of insights about life and death ... Read more...
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First photo of Michael Jackson’s tomb released
November 10th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): The mystery surrounding Michael Jackson's final burial site has finally come to an end with the first publicly-released photo of the King of Pop's tomb.The Thriller hitmaker, ... Read more...
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Prehistoric Bronze Age burial site unearthed in Oxford
November 2nd, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 2 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed what they say could be a prehistoric Bronze Age burial site in central Oxford, England.According to a report by BBC News, experts say that ... Read more...
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Bones discovery in Scottish highlands may provide fresh insight of Bronze Age life
September 19th, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 19 (ANI): Bones discovered at an ancient burial site in the Scottish Highlands could provide fresh insight of life in the Bronze Age.According to a report by BBC News, parts ... Read more...
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Emmett Till’s Casket Headed Towards Museum
August 29th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
On Friday, the family of Emmett Till made the announcement that the glass topped casket which had displayed the disfigured body of Till to the world, was on its way ... Read more...
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Lay beside Marilyn Monroe for $500,000
August 15th, 2009 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 15 (ANI): Those who want to rest in peace near Marilyn Monroe, and are ready to pay a huge sum for that, can now buy the crypt above the iconic ... Read more...
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