Newly-discovered Mamallapuram temple fascinates archaeologists
The temple discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a few hundred metres to the south of the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram, near Chennai, must have been as big or even bigger than the Shore Temple, said archaeologists conducting the excavation there. The ASI had discovered massive remains of …
Evidence shows skull is of earliest human - study
New evidence shows a 7 million year-old skull unearthed in Chad is the earliest member of the human family, scientists said. Controversy has surrounded the skull, dubbed "Toumai", since its discovery was first reported in 2002 by a team led by Michel Brunet of the University of Poitiers in France. …
Iron Age habitational site found at Adichanallur
In an important discovery, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Chennai Circle, has located the habitational site of the Iron Age people who were buried in big urns at Adichanallur, 24 km from Tirunelveli town in Tamil Nadu. Although several urn burial sites such as at Amirthamangalam and Perumbair, both …
Fossil find
Archaeologists studying human origins in eastern Ethiopia have discovered 12 fossils that appear to be older than the famous fossil "Lucy." the team leader said ,"The hominid fossil specimens estimated to be between 3.8 to 4 million years old will be important in terms of understanding the early phases on …
Hooda promises canal water to all
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr.Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said in Chandiagrh today that the canal water would be equitably distributed among all areas of the state.Addressing his first press conference after becoming the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Hooda said the government would work for all comunities.The unequal distribution of canal …
SYL: Farmers pin hopes on Hooda
While the joy of Jats of Haryana knew no bounds over the appointment of Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the Chief Minister, they have pinned several hopes on him, including getting water through the SYL canal.Several farmers of villages of Panipat and Sonepat districts expressed their hopes that being a …
Ethiopia archaeologists make important fossil find
Archaeologists studying human origins in eastern Ethiopia have discovered 12 fossils that appear to be older than the famous fossil "Lucy", the team leader said. "The discovery of 12 early hominid fossil specimens estimated to be between 3.8 to 4 million years old will be important in terms of understanding …
Court asks ASI for report on 180 city sites
The Delhi high court asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file a detailed report about 180 protected monuments in the capital along with the steps taken by the expert body to preserve them. The direction came from a division bench of Chief Justice B.C. Patel and Justice Sanjay …
Jama Masjid needs to be saved: Court
The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the archaeological survey of India to explain why the 355-year old Jama Masjid in the heart of the capital has not been declared a protected monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.Asking ASI to file an affidavit in …
8,000 yr-old civilisation in Mehrgarh
The exacavations carried out at Mehragarh (Karanchi) have proved that the site represents a highly developed civilisation that exist there untill around 8,000 years ago, according to a french archaeologist.
Marine mementos turn out to be 5,000 yrs old
In 2003, a marine at a US military base in southern Iraq bought eight carved stones from a trinket vendor for several hundred dollars.When he returned to New York, he took the stones to an archaeology professor at Columbia University, who concluded they were ancient artefacts, some dating back 5,000 …
IOCs culture fund
The Archaeological Survey of India has always complained of being cash-strapped
Defacing monuments can land you in jail
Confessing your love by scratching it across the walls of monuments could cost you a pretty penny or even worse, land your in jail. Delhi government is planning to set up a Heritage Conservation Authority that will be empowered to send defaulters to three years of imprisonment and charge a …
Govt shares conservation beat
The Delhi government is set to share conservation duties with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The government's Department of Archaeology will pay
ASI yet to wake up
Even three years after the controversial Taj corridor project was shelved, the stones laid for the project right behind the Taj on the riverfront have not been removed by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Apart from affecting the visual aesthetics of the Taj, Unesco has warned that the stones' …
1.8 year old skull found in Georgia
Archaeologists in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have unhearthed a skull they say a 1.8 million years old part of a find that holds the oldest traces of humankind closest ancestors over found in Europe.
Plans to beautify heritage buildings in Pink City
In a major policy decision, the Vasundhara Raje Government has decided to transfer more than 50 historic and heritage buildings and gardens in and around the State capital to the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) for developing them as new tourist destinations. These include the Ghat Kee Ghoony and Vidyadhar Gardens …
