Latest historical discoveries
Recent reporting on archaeology, paleontology, heritage, museums, manuscripts, and the discoveries that continue to reshape our understanding of the past.
Haryana’s untapped Buddhist heritage seeks tourism boost
Haryana possesses a remarkably rich but overlooked legacy of Buddhist heritage. While states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh command international Buddhist tourism, heritage in Haryana remains scattered among private entities,…
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Rare Rain God Sculpture Draws Visitors At Panagal Museum
A rare 17th-century sculpture of Varuna, the rain god, is drawing visitors at the Archaeology Department museum at Panagal in Nalgonda.
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Items that give a glimpse into Medieval Grimbarian life on show after archaeological dig
The items made a quick trip to Grimsby from York, where work to preserve them is underway
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India’s maritime past lies submerged. Archaeology can bring it back
From Mesopotamian archives recording Indian trading communities to the maritime networks of the Indus-Saraswati and the Coromandel, the Indian Ocean was the true superhighway of the ancient world.
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Officials inspect old Satarnala bridge after preservation calls
Odisha officials from BMC, revenue and state archaeology inspected Bhubaneswar’s 1850 Satarnala bridge after preservation calls; land status review underway.
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Wisconsin diver Mark Schachtner was searching Pewaukee Lake for old bottles when he spotted a 17-foot canoe 15 feet underwater; radiocarbon dating has now confirmed it is about 1,000 years old
An ordinary dive in search of old bottles has led to an extraordinary archaeological discovery beneath a Wisconsin lake.
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Ancient Roman artifacts are found on Sardinia seabed by police divers
Ancient Roman artifacts were discovered on the seabed off Sardinia by police divers during a routine underwater archaeology operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
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'Giant tusks from Siberia were thought to be the horns of the mythical unicorn': What medieval people made of fossils before vertebrate paleontology
In this excerpt from "The Story of the Mammals in 25 Discoveries," author Donald R. Prothero looks at a time when the idea of extinction was blasphemous.
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Cambodia reattaches two ancient deity statue heads at Angkor Thom's gate in Angkor complex
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's APSARA National Authority (ANA) has reattached the heads of two ancient deity statues at Angkor Thom's Victory Gate, located within the Unesco-listed Angkor Archaeological Park in Siem…
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Review: The Dig by Sowmiya Ashok
Packed with information, this book on the findings at Keeladi in Tamil Nadu spotlights how politics rarely steers clear of archaeological discovery On how politics rarely steers clear of archaeological…
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