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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Archaeology

Ashoka University claims it uncovered ASI’s “major find” in MP tiger reserve before them

The university has written to the Culture Minister regarding lack of acknowledgement, ASI says never claimed to be first. Studies have significant differences.

Stalin’s archaeology push in Tamil Nadu is the stuff of culture wars. Experts have a warning

Stalin-led DMK govt’s push for archaeological work has reignited conversations around Tamil pride and antiquity. But researchers are concerned.

An ancient people, lost to time? Mystery of giant sandstone jars found in Assam

Researchers from Indian and Australian universities found 65 jars scattered across sites that may have been used for funerary rites. Findings published in journal Asian Archaeology.

China now loves archeology. It has more to do with politics than excavations

Xi Jinping’s new Silk Road is being established through excavations as well. China wants to prove the reach of its history – from Tibet to Central Asia.

Babri, Saraswati, Aryans – There are rival Indian histories now and campuses are the warzone

What used to be ‘basement history’ is now mainstream in Lutyens’ Delhi. The ‘ivory tower' of the Left on academics is being contested by an ‘imaginative’ Right.

The Archaeological Survey of India began as a three-member team led by Alexander Cunningham

'The World of India's First Archaeologist', edited by Upinder Singh, throws light on the place of archaeology in the politics of colonial India.

Egypt excavates 3000-year-old ‘Lost Golden City’ in Luxor, complete with a bakery & cemetery

Formally called Rise of Aten, the town dates back to reign of King Amenhotep III, who ruled between 1391 & 1353 BCE. Discovery considered most significant find since Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Stone image of Durga, Nataraja idol & more — 36 antiques ASI recovered from UK, US, Australia

Union Ministry of Culture and Tourism says all antique items recovered over the last 5 years were given voluntarily by the museums and related authorities.

What lies beneath the JNU campus in Delhi

In ‘JNU Stories’, Mudit Trivedi writes about the archaeological landscape of the JNU campus and the 100,000-year-old historical finds in it.

Yes, she did — New findings show prehistoric women hunted too

For decades, it was assumed that prehistoric men were the hunters. But a prehistoric skeleton of a teenager in America says otherwise.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.