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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicArchaeology

Topic: Archaeology

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

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

The Class of Taxila — how Mortimer Wheeler set up the first Indian archaeology school

Nayanjot Lahiri -
In ‘Archeology and the public purpose’, Nayanjot Lahiri writes on the gap between govt departments & universities bridged by The Taxila School of Archaeology.

These are the 5 archaeological sites Modi govt wants to develop with museums

Simrin Sirur -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also allocated Rs 3,150 crore for the Ministry of Culture, under which the sites fall.

Teeth to dirt: Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before

Elizabeth Sawchuk -
Researchers can now answer when Asian rats arrived as castaways on Africa-bound ships to the microbes left by a monk’s kiss on a page.

The tale of two Ayodhya archaeologists who changed the way we dig up India’s Hindu history

Hilal Ahmed -
Archaeologists excavated Ayodhya on a number of occasions, not to search exact location of Ram’s birth place, but to practice tradition-based archaeology.

Syria exiled several archaeologists, I am one of them & this is what war is costing us

Lubna Omar -
The looting of antiquities became an economic tool for the Islamic State group to maintain its supremacy in the northern part of the country.

We are only beginning to grasp how much IS looted from Syria. And it’s a lot

Oya Topcuoglu -
During IS’s seemingly unstoppable rise, looted artefacts were said to be a significant source of income for the group.

World’s oldest clove? What the find in Sri Lanka says about early spice trade

Eleanor Kingwell Banham -
Archaeologists believe they have unearthed the world's oldest clove from an ancient port town on Sri Lanka's north-west coast, dating back to around 200BC.

Archaeology can help us prepare for climates ahead & not just in looking back

Amy Prendergast -
Archaeologists are trash sifters. They use clues preserved in artefacts, plant and animal remains that people threw away to reconstruct the past.

This 73,000-year-old piece of art is changing what it means to be human

Faye Flam -
A new discovery is changing the belief that symbolic art is an expression only human beings are capable of.
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Opinion

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

Economy

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Udit Bubna -
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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