Long before modern borders, Indian coins travelled across Asia and beyond. From Gupta gold to Vijayanagara pagodas, Hindu ...

Hyderabad: The present-day Andhra Pradesh and Telangana were together known as Andhra Desha in ancient times, a region that ...

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Coffee must have been the secret weapon of Greek, Slav, and Albanian mercenary units, the stratioti, that fought together throughout Europe in the 15th to 18th centuries. The stratioti must have ...

Recent ASI excavations at Kodumanal, Tamil Nadu, have unearthed significant evidence of early civilization and craft activity ...

Alexandria on the Tigris reemerges as archaeologists map a forgotten port city that once powered ancient global trade.

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INS Kaundinya, a reconstructed ancient stitched-hull vessel, will sail from Odisha to Bali on Kartik Purnima, reviving ...

Archaeologist says love of jewellery is common to both cultures; unlike ancient Egyptian texts, Mohenjo Daro's scripts are ...

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In ancient China, jade discs were elite ceremonial objects placed in burials as symbols of a gateway to heaven and the cyclical journey of the soul — a practice especially prominent between the 5th ...

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...