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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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Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

Faisal Mahmud -
The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

Not just Nehru, even Hindutva stems from Macaulay legacy

India has a geopolitical trilemma with Afghanistan. It’s not a good vs evil choice

Economy

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

Mrinalini Dhyani -
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Defence

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

Tejas Bhatotia -
New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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