Tag: Archaeologists
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Remains of British explorer who put Australia on map found near railway station
Flinders was buried on 23rd July 1814, after publishing 'A Voyage to Terra Australis,' which described his circumnavigation of Australia in 1802-1803 that proved it was a continent.
January 25, 2019 -
New chapter of history
Fields during excavations at Sinauli village of Baghpat district has opened a new chapter for archaeologists and historians. These discoveries could be an important link between the period of second urbanisation and early time of cultural society in the Indian Subcontinent. Enthused by the discovery of chariot , swords, shields, etc., some historians believe that …
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June 17, 2018 -
10,000-year-old ‘crayon’ discovered in England
Archaeologists have discovered one of the earliest examples of a ‘crayon’ possibly used by our ancestors 10,000 years ago for applying colour to their animal skins or for artwork. The ochre crayon was discovered near an ancient lake, now blanketed in peat, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire in England. An ochre pebble was found at another …
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January 27, 2018 -
19 Neolithic tombs discovered in China
Archaeologists have discovered 19 Neolithic tombs and unearthed over 400 cultural relics in China’s Heilongjiang province, the authorities said on Friday. Most of the relics, consisting of jadeware, stoneware and pottery, date back around 9,000 years, reports Xinhua news agency. The site was found in the Xiaonanshan ruins of Raohe county along the Wusuli River, …
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September 22, 2017 -
Relic site in China is 1,400-year-old royal temple
A relic site in China's Hebei province has been confirmed as a royal temple built over 1,400 years ago, archaeologists said on Tuesday. The base of a wooden pagoda, which archaeologists believe was built between 553 and 577, was unearthed in Linzhang county, Xinhua news agency reported. "The pagoda was part of Dazhuangyan Temple," said …
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May 16, 2017 -
New technology can read closed books
Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new technology that can read pages of a closed book, an advance that may help archaeologists look into antique books without touching them. Researchers, including Ramesh Raskar from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, tested a prototype of the system on a stack of …
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September 11, 2016 -
SBI board okays acquisition of four banks
In a move that can potentially trigger a major consolidation in India’s state-run financial services space, the board of the State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday approved the acquisition of four other entities in the industry subject to a host of approvals. The entities are: State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of …
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August 18, 2016 -
”Probe on to identify militants behind Kokrajhar attack”
Probe on to identify militants behind Kokrajhar attack: Rajnath
August 8, 2016