Scholars compile dictionary on ancient Egyptian life
September 19th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 19 (IANS) Scholars took 37 years to compile a dictionary recording the daily lives of ancient Egyptians, including what taxes they paid, what they expected in a marriage ... Read more...
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Bhagavad Gita now in Polish language
March 25th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, March 25 (IANS) Even as Hindus fight a proposed ban on the Russian translation of the Bhagavad Gita, in Catholic-dominated Poland the sacred scipture has for the first time ... 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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India, Poland ink cultural pact, to boost defence ties
September 7th, 2010 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) India and Poland Tuesday renewed a pact for promoting cultural exchanges and decided to invigorate their economic and defence ties.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held delegation-level ... Read more...
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Civilization that gave birth to urban life in Middle East still awaits discovery
April 25th, 2010 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 25 (ANI): The dawn of urban life in the Middle East still remains uncovered in Syria beneath three large mounds about three miles from the modern town of Raqqa, say ... Read more...
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Noted Polish scholar on Tamil literature dies
January 31st, 2010 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Surender Bhutani
Warsaw, Jan 31 (IANS) Joanna Kusio, a noted Polish scholar on Tamil language and literature, was found dead in her apartment. She was 49 and was single.Her relatives found her ... Read more...
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Technology brings new insights to Middle East’s oldest language
October 16th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 16 (ANI): New technologies and academic collaborations are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze hundreds of ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle East's oldest continuously spoken ... Read more...
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Now, the story of Persian Empire retold digitally
May 3rd, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago is using modern technology to digitally record thousands of tablets that, as they are being pieced together, tell an unusually ... Read more...
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Iron Age man believed soul was separate from the body
November 18th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): An Iron Age chiseled stone slab has been discovered by archaeologists in southeastern Turkey a finding that provides the first written evidence in the region that people ... Read more...
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Archaeological dig sheds new light on emergence of urban life in Egypt
July 2nd, 2008 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a large administration building and silos at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt, which provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life in the ... Read more...
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Pharaoh Seti Is tomb in Egypt bigger than believed
April 18th, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered that the tomb of pharaoh Seti I, which is the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, is bigger than originally ... Read more...
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Archaeologists unearth false doors for the dead in Egypt
February 26th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed three false doors that served as portals for communicating with the dead among other ancient burial remains in a vast Egyptian graveyard.In addition to the ... Read more...
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