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In a recent development, the Archaeology department of the Maharashtra government has made a remarkable discovery during an ongoing excavation at the Sakaleswara temple premises near Ambajogai
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Through a recent unplanned excavation, an ancient idol of Bhagwan Vishnu and a Shivalinga have been discovered in Karnataka's Raichur district, near Krishna river.
His remarks came after Jitendra Singh Bisen, the international president of the Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, wrote a letter to Anjuman Intejamia proposing an out-of-court settlement in the Gyanvapi case.
The Deccan College is one institution that serves as a true connecting link between the Deccan's medieval past and its contemporary phase, which began with British occupation in the early 19th century.
ASI has filed a police complaint against 19 owners of various properties located within the 200-meter limit of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthplace Kirti Mandir. The accused property owners had started construction work without the permission of ASI.
Ancient idol of Bhagwan Buddha belonging from the 'Panduvanshi' period and other statues of archaeological importance were recovered on Friday (Mar 10) from village Sondra on Raipur-Bilaspur road during construction of a house.
Recently, an ancient idol of Bhagwan Krishna, dating back to 12th century CE was unearthed in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur during the excavation of an under-construction house. In the idol, Shri Krishna is wearing a Karandak crown on his head.
The exhibition of rare, ancient artefacts organized by the department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology proved to be a complete guide about the culture of Vidarbha region, to thousands of visitors.
'The ancient Perumal temple near Govindavadi, next to Kanchipuram, is missing', Ponmanikavel, the former IG of the Idol Anti-Smuggling Unit, has lodged a complaint with the Balushettichatram police.
The Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ), Jabalpur circle, in a recent excavation has recovered more than 100 remains in the core area of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria. The unique recoveries include largest Varaha sculpture dating between 2nd century CE to 15th century CE, making the excavation a landmark in India's Archaeological history.
In a recent excavation in Maharashtra's Konkan it has been confirmed that the stone tools found from a cave in Sindhudurg district dates back to almost tens of thousand years ago. The recent excavation is a continuation of the excavation started a year ago when a stone age cave was discovered.
Owing to the Pakistan government's continuous negligence of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's ancestral "haveli" in Gujranwala city of Pakistan, the roof of the haveli collapsed on Friday (Aug 12). A portion of the haveli of "Sher-e-Punjab" Maharaja Ranjit Singh, collapsed in spite of the authorities, a few days ago declaring it safe to be converted into a historical tourism site.
In a bid to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in grandeur, ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) has announced free entry to visitors at all the ASI protected monuments across the country. The entry will be free for the next 10 days from Aug 5.
Union Culture and Tourism Minister, G Kishan Reddy chaired the 37th Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Archaeology ( CABA ) held in New Delhi, on Jun 15. Excavations, manpower, training, conservation, collaboration with universities among other issues were discussed.
The IANS quotes Dr. M. Murugan, Researcher of Chola Architecture and also a renowned Archeologist saying about the Thanjavur finding, "These terracotta ring wells were built to benefit humans and cattle in summer and that the total number of wells used to be in odd numbers."
Excavations carried out in Mayiladumparai, in the state of Tamil Nadu has confirmed that iron was used 4,200 years ago in India. The site has become the oldest iron age site of India. The information was provided by TN Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Evidence that was considered by the Archaeological department to confirm the claim about the Ujjain mosque were the scattered and collected remains of the time of the attack in the mosque and the surrounding area.
Significantly, the recent Rakhigarhi excavation resulted in the finding of "Copper and gold objects, along with artifacts, beads, sealed scripts with motifs, and ceilings with Harappan script and elephant depictions."
Rock art in India is one of oldest material evidence of the country's early human creativity. These are generally in the form of rock paintings, rock etchings, cup marks and ring marks found all over India. However, the large concentration of geoglyphs recognized by UNESCO are on the laterite plateaus of the Konkan region, is the most remarkable open-air ensemble of prehistoric human expression of rock art in the Konkan region.
The ASI has taken several steps in order to mitigate the impact of saline action, water logging, erosion and vegetative intrusions on the monumental surface of Konark's Sun temple.
ASI has cleared a long pending research proposal involving the Ram Setu. The project involves an underwater exploration that is to determine the age of the Ram Setu and the process of its formation.
German divers in search of discarded fishing nets in the Baltic sea, have come across a rare Enigma machine used by the Nazi military during World War II.
Indus Valley Civilization was the earliest known producer of dairy and dairy products, especially cheese
While giving information on digitization of archaeological museum in Lok Sabha, MoS for Culture and Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel said, “The National Portal and Digital Repository for Indian Museums is developed and hosted by Human Centres Design and Computing Group, C-DAC, Pune, as per the agreement with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.”
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has got a sharp eye for archaeology. During his, ‘Vikas Karyon ki Samiksha Yatra’, he spotted a mound in Bihar’s Sheikhpura district. He observed the mound and assumed there might be the importance of it as a historical site. Later, researchers explored the area and discovered sculptures of Lord Vishnu and Lord Buddha made of black basalt stone and a number of potsherds indicating archeological significance.
The land of antiques, Egypt never disappoints history lovers, archeologists, and antique enthusiasts. A Russian archeological team has discovered a well-preserved mummy from the Greco-Roman period in Cairo under a joint Egypt-Russian archeological mission. Egypt’s antiquity ministry has also confirmed the discovery.
