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Farmers grew rice in China’s Yangtze Basin 4,000 years ago
Washington, September 18 (ANI): New findings in the form of carbonized rice have indicated that farming in the Yangtze Basin in China existed as early as 4,000 years ago.
According to a report in Epoch Times, excavation in the Xiezi Area of [...]
1st century A.D. colossal statue of Greek God Apollo unearthed in Turkey
Washington, September 9 (ANI): Italian archaeologists have unearthed a 1st century A.D. colossal statue of Apollo, the Greek god of the sun, light, music and poetry, from white calcified cliffs in southwestern Turkey.
Colossal statues were very popular in antiquity, as evidenced by the lost [...]
Ancient Indus Valley script might soon be decoded by computer program
Sydney, August 29 (ANI): A recent research has determined that an ancient, indecipherable text from the Indus Valley civilization is being decoded with the help of a computer program.
According to a report [...]
Excavation in Lebanon aims to uncover ancient ruins
Beirut (Lebanon), July 12 (ANI): The Directorate-General of Antiquities, Lebanon, has said that it plans to resume excavation at the Freres’ archaeological site in the old city of Sidon in collaboration with a delegation of the British museum, in order to uncover more ancient ruins.arlier excavation procedures at the site led to the discovery of [...]
World’s first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels
Washington, June 28 (ANI): A new analysis of carts that date back to 6,000 to 5,000 years ago, has indicated that some of the world’s first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels and bulls.
According to a report in Discovery News, the cart models, which may have been ritual objects or [...]
Facedown burials in ancient times was a way to humiliate the dead
Washington, June 24 (ANI): A new research has suggested that burying the dead facedown in ancient times wasn’t unusual or accidental, but a widely used way to humiliate the dead.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the first global study on the facedown burials suggests that it was a custom used across societies to [...]
China’s first emperor banned Buddhism, claims expert
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): A researcher has said that the first emperor of a united China could go down in history not only for the Great Wall or the terra cotta army of guards and horses, but also for his attempt to crush Buddhism by banning it.
“China’s first and most influential history book, the [...]
‘Kanishka’ victims’ families charge Canadian Government with cover-up to contain civil damages
Ottawa (Canada), May 9 (ANI): Relatives of the victims killed in the June 26, 1985 bombing of the Air India flight “Kanishka” have accused the Canadian Government of quietly releasing new documents that contain evidence that officials had advance warning of the calamity that was to take place.
They further suggested that former Prime Minister Brian [...]
Archaeologists discover largest mud-brick temple yet found in northeastern Egypt
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Archaeologists have found a 3,000-year-old carving in the largest mud-brick temple yet found on northeastern Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the carving shows ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II offering gifts to Geb, God of earth.
The temple is among four ancient places of worship discovered at [...]
Now, the story of Persian Empire retold digitally
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 detailed story [...]
Archaeologists find artifacts dating from 3700 B.C. to 600 A.D. in US
Washington, April 23 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has discovered artifacts that date from 3700 B.C. to 600 A.D., during a three-month dig at Miraflores Park, east of Brackenridge Park, in San Antonio, Texas.
The dig was conducted by the UTSA Center for Archaeological Research (CAR).
CAR researchers were hired by the San Antonio design firm Rehler [...]
Archaeologists find artifacts dating from 3700 B.C. to 600 A.D. in US
Washington, April 23 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has discovered artifacts that date from 3700 B.C. to 600 A.D., during a three-month dig at Miraflores Park, east of Brackenridge Park, in San Antonio, Texas.
The dig was conducted by the UTSA Center for Archaeological Research (CAR).
CAR researchers were hired by the San Antonio design firm Rehler [...]
Egypt’s oldest wines were spiked with meds
Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): Ancient Egyptians mixed herbs into wines to create medicinal remedies, researchers have found.
Deep inside the tomb of Scorpion I, archaeochemist Patrick McGovern and colleagues found that 5,000-year-old wines were spiked with natural medicines-centuries before the practice was thought to exist in Egypt.
The experts found chemical residues of herbs, tree resins, and [...]
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 [...]
3,500 yr old perfume of Egyptian pharaoh to be re-created
Washington, March 16 (ANI): Scientists are aiming to re-create the perfume of Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut, using residues from a 3,500 year old vessel.
Pharaoh Hatshepsut was a power-conscious woman who assumed the reins of government in Egypt around the year 1479 B.C.
It is believed that Hatshepsut was [...]
‘Air India bombing suspect not trying to hide his asset’
Vancouver (Canada), Mar 4 (ANI): A lawyer representing for Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombing case, says the government has no evidence to suggest that his client is trying to hide assets to avoid repaying 1.8-million dollars in legal fees.
Bruce McLeod has filed documents in a British Columbia Appeal [...]
Archaeologists uncover ancient statutes of pharaohs in Egypt
New Delhi, Feb 20 (ANI): Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a statue of a pharaoh and a bust of the famous woman pharaoh Hatshepsut in the southern city of Luxor.
The three-meter Amenhotep statue was “dug out with only one damage in the nose and one in the teeth,” Moustafa el-Waziri, director of the archaeological mission, [...]
Idea of infinity stretched back to third century B.C.
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A new analysis of a medieval manuscript has pushed back the first mathematical use of the concept of actual infinity by some 2,000 years, all the way back to the third century B.C.
The manuscript in question is a tattered page of parchment on which a medieval monk in Constantinople copied the [...]
Archaeologists find 2,600-year-old mummy in Egypt
New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): Archaeologists have found a 2,600-year-old mummy in Sakkara, Egypt, which is encased in a limestone sarcophagus.
This sarcophagus was found inside a burial chamber 11 meters below the ground, which contained another 30 mummies, wooden coffins, and limestone sarcophagi.
ccording to the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), the sarcophagus dates back [...]
Court rejects move to quash appeal in Canadian Indian woman’s killing
Vancouver, Jan.13 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Canada has tossed out an unusual bid to stop it from hearing a Crown appeal against holding a fourth trial in the murder of Canadian Indian Reena Virk a dozen years ago.
According to the Globe and Mail, a five-judge panel of the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday [...]
