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Parliament passes bill for better care of ancient monuments

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Parliament Tuesday passed a bill amending and making more stringent the law for protection of ancient sites and monuments and constituting an expert committee to look after their conservation.
The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha Monday, was approved by the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
The bill, which seeks to replace [...]

Rajya Sabha adjourned till April 12

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned Tuesday for the inter-session recess and will meet again April 12 for the remaining part of the budget session.
Deputy Chairman K. Rahman Khan adjourned the house after it passed the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2010.
The House earlier in [...]

First ‘modern’ humans may have appeared in Iberian Peninsula about 33,000 yrs ago

Washington, March 16 (ANI): A new research has suggested that the first ‘modern’ human beings may have appeared in the Iberian Peninsula about 33,000 years ago.
The research was carried out by a group of archaeologists from the Centre for Prehistoric Archaeological Heritage Studies of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) at the Cova Gran site [...]

5,000-year-old figurine represents Scotland’s earliest human face

Edinburgh, August 21 (ANI): Archaeologists have uncovered a 5,000-year-old figurine on the Orkney island of Westray in Scotland, which is the country’s earliest representation of a human face and body.

According to a report in The Scotsman, the face and its lozenge-shaped body – measuring just 3.5cm by 3cm – were carved on the Orkney island [...]

Hominids’ last supper establishes the times they lived at archaeological sites

Washington, July 15 (ANI): An international team of scientists has analyzed the last food that the hominids consumed, in order to establish the length of their occupations at archaeological sites.

As part of the research, the scientists analyzed the dental wear of the fossils of herbivorous animals found in the French cave of Arago, which were [...]

Identifying archaeological sites most at risk from climate change along England’s coast

London, July 9 (ANI): A new study is going to determine the archaeological sites along the coast of England which are most at risk from the impacts of climate change.

The effects of climate change, including rising sea level and coastal erosion, as well as other factors such as coastal development and shoreline management initiatives, constantly [...]

Neanderthals were intelligent and fearless Hunters, not dimwits

Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new analysis has indicated that Neanderthals, which are generally considered as the ’stupid’ cousins of modern humans, were sophisticated, intelligent, and fearless hunters, capable of capturing the most impressive animals.

Although it is now clear that Neanderthals were hunters and not scavengers, their exact hunting methods are still something of a [...]

132 archaeological sites in Egypt not excavated

Washington, May 12 (ANI): Egypt’s Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has said that researches conducted via satellites have confirmed the existence of 132 archaeological sites in Egypt that witnessed no excavations until now.

Farouk Hosni said that Egypt shows full cooperation with the research teams to explore the archaeological sites, and has recently issued a number [...]

Drought reveals archaeological treasures in Iraq

Washington, March 23 (ANI): As the Euphrates River dries up in Iraq’s western Anbar province, ancient buildings are emerging from the river bed, which archaeologists can now access for the first time.

According to a report by NPR (National Public [...]