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Punjab Cabinet approves restructuring of tourism, culture, food, civil sup
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 17 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, on Friday restructuring the Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Archaeology, Museums and Archives department for the creation and filling up of additional nine new posts on a regular
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Palaeolithic site, possibly largest in Indian subcontinent, spotted in Far
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Faridabad (Haryana) [India], July 18 (ANI): A prehistoric stone age site, possibly over a million years old, has been found in the Mangarbani hill forest in Haryana's Faridabad.
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Row over dredging of ancient irrigation tank Sri Lanka by military camoufl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 3 (ANI): A controversy erupted over the dredging of an ancient irrigation tank Tissa Wewa in Tissamaharama in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka after media reports showed Chinese men clad in military camouflage outfits at the site.
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Pak govt takes possession of ancestral homes of Bollywood legends Raj Kapo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], June 3 (ANI): The ancestral homes of Bollywood legends Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar were taken under the possession of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology and Museums on Tuesday.
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New evidence suggests that Neanderthals buried their dead
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): Is the concept of the burial of dead exclusive to our species or was it something that our closest ancient relatives, the Neanderthals practised? A new study indicates in favour of the latter hypothesis, but some scientists still remain a sceptic.
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Now Master's in Tamil can also get you seat in archaeology PGD, Palaniswam
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 9 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for including Master's degree in Tamil as one of the minimum qualification criteria for admissions to the two-year Post-graduate Diploma in Archaeolo
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Human skeletal remains unearthed at TN's Kondagai excavation site
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Human skeletal remains were unearthed from the Kondagai excavation site near Tamil Nadu's Madurai by the State's Department of Archaeology, on Wednesday. The remains have been sent to Madurai Kamaraj University for DNA analysis.
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Skeletal remains of animal found at Manalur excavation site in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 5 (ANI): Skeletal remains of an animal have been unearthed at Manalur near Madurai under the sixth phase of excavations at Keeladi site, undertaken by the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA).
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Underground chambers, cannon balls found at Gandikota fort in Andhra Prade
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): Two underground chambers and eight cannonballs were discovered by the Archaeological Department at the Gandikota Fort in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. The discoveries were made during development works initiated by the Department i
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TOTO India hosted its 2nd edition of the Architect Talk with Taro Muroi an
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): TOTO India successfully hosted the second edition of the Architect Talk at Trident, BKC.
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Gold artifacts found in Bronze Age tombs could shed new light on Greek civ
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Greece [Europe], Dec 18 (ANI): A pile of engraved jewelry and gold artifacts found by archaeology experts in two Bronze Age tombs could shed new light on ancient Greece existence.
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TN: 2,600-year-old walls discovered at Keeladi archaeology site
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): The fifth phase of the ongoing excavation at the archaeological site in Keeladi in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu has unearthed, over a period of one month, a total of four brick walls dating back to the Sangam age.
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