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Shashi Warrier | Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the most civilized of ’em all?

A neighbour, an amateur historian, happens to believe that all good things come from India

07 Mar 2021 4:24 AM

A Sri Lankan Telugu man Masannage Raja bathes his monkey Raju in Kalawewa, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Sri Lanka Telugu community fears decline of traditional ways

The pause in livelihoods due to COVID-19 has only accelerated the decline of their traditional arts, say community elders

27 Jun 2020 10:55 AM

Bone marrow was an important diet element in prehistoric times. (Photo: ANI)

What did prehistoric humans consume?

Prehistoric humans ate bone marrow like canned soup 400,000 years ago: Study.

15 Oct 2019 12:00 PM

Egypt boasts of quite some marvels. (Photo: Representational/ Pexels)

New archaeological developments in Egypt

Egypt discovers archaeological industrial zone in Luxor's 'Valley of the Monkeys'.

14 Oct 2019 2:12 PM

In the copper market, Ahmad Zuhdi Ghazoul used his hammer to gently tap an embossed decoration into a copper piece. (Photo: AP)

Restoration of Syria’s ancient capital of Aleppo

Centuries-old bazaar in Syria’s Aleppo making slow recovery.

06 Aug 2019 11:24 AM

The newly-discovered specimen, found in the Taurida Cave on the northern coast of the Black Sea, suggested a bird as giant as the Madagascan elephant bird or New Zealand moa. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

3X larger birds than an Ostrich existed in Taurida Cave

It was previously thought that such gigantism in birds only existed on the islands of Madagascar and New Zealand as well as Australia.

07 Jul 2019 12:15 PM

'There are pieces of evidence that Hindu Mahasabha at its Gandhinagar conference first gave the two-nation theory. Three years later, the Muslim League at its Lahore conference also advocated for the same. Veer Savarkar was the biggest advocate of the two-nation theory,' Khera said. (Photo: ANI)

Will they teach us history? Congress spokesperson Khera retorts to Amit Shah

The statement came after Amit Shah's remark that partition of the country on basis of religion was a mistake.

29 Jun 2019 7:14 PM

Google announced its new auto-delete controls for location history and 'Web & App' activity to make data management easier.

Google to add auto delete for location, web history

The feature will be rolled out to the masses in the coming weeks.

04 May 2019 10:56 AM

Users can already use your Google Account to access simple on/off controls for Location History and Web & App Activity, and if they choose—to delete all or part of that data manually. In addition to these options, Google has also announced auto-delete controls that make it even easier to manage the data.

Google puts auto-delete controls for your Location History and activity data

When you turn on settings like Location History or Web & App Activity, the data can make Google products more useful for you.

03 May 2019 3:35 PM

Horse domestication is central to human history, and in 2019, we still don't understand where it started. (Photo: AFP)

Horse domestication: Tracing the history

Modern breeding reduced horse diversity within centuries: Study.

03 May 2019 12:33 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Egyptian archaeologists find sandstone sphinx in temple at Aswan

The sphinx was discovered at the Kom Ombo temple.

18 Sep 2018 11:50 AM

George Washington gold coin sells for $1.7 million

It is one of the most important coins in American history.

17 Aug 2018 1:19 PM

In find of ancient gold earring, echoes of Greek rule over Jerusalem

Such jewelry might have been worn by wealthy men or women, at the time.

09 Aug 2018 1:55 PM

Dinosaurs loved perfumes way before you did

Flower-based compounds have been providing olfactory excitement to pollinating insects and other animals since the mid-Cretaceous Period.

09 Aug 2018 1:03 PM

Walrus bones provide clues to fate of lost Viking colony

Their fate may have been tied to the demand for walrus ivory among rich Europeans.

08 Aug 2018 12:04 PM

This undated microscope photo provided by the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in July 2018 shows part of a wheat grain spikelet found in the stomach of the frozen hunter known as Oetzi the Iceman in Italy. (Photo: AP)

Ancient 'Iceman' shows signs of a well-balanced last meal

Some of the stomach contents of Oetzi the Iceman had traces of fern leaves and spores.

13 Jul 2018 3:23 PM

In this file photo taken April 13, 2018, then San Francisco mayoral candidate and Board of Supervisors President London Breed poses for a photo at Alamo Square in San Francisco.(Photo: AP)

First black woman to become mayor of San Francisco

Breed has pledged to address the city's most pressing problems, including homeless tent camps and open drug use.

11 Jul 2018 6:01 PM

The woman seems to be surprised or shocked easily (Photo: Pixabay)

Twitter finds a back story for the woman in viral 'distracted guy' meme

Other users have also found a number of images of the couple together with many pointing out how the woman hasn’t learned a lesson.

26 Jun 2018 6:05 PM

Light show projects Portugal's history onto ruined church

The multimedia show “Lisbon Under Stars” has been drawing up to 500 visitors a night.

18 Jun 2018 6:46 PM

This Monday, June 4, 2018 photo shows a detailed figurine of a king's head on display at the Israel Museum, dating to biblical times, and found last year near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, in Jerusalem. (Photo: AP)

Sculpted head of mystery biblical king found in Israel

In a rare move, archaeologists and curators at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem rushed to put the piece on public display.

10 Jun 2018 10:02 AM

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