The Bombay High Court has restrained the Maharashtra Government from allowing excavation of sand in drought-hit villages, saying it would cause shortage of potable water for people and animals. ...
12:56 PM, Mar 12, 2013
Florence: Archaeologists in Italy's Florence city have uncovered a skeleton they believe could be the 500 year-old remains of the noblewoman who is believed to have posed for Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa masterpiece. An excavation that started earlier this month of what was once the convent of Saint Orsola, where Lisa Gherardini - the wife of wealthy silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo - was buried following her death in...
04:31 PM, May 30, 2011
Athens, Greece: Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world's first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday. A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the US have found rough axes and other tools thought to be between 130,000 and 700,000 years old close to shelters on the island's south coast. Crete has been separated from...
11:10 AM, Jan 04, 2011
The Indian sub-continent is rich with ancient ruins waiting to be discovered. ...
03:30 PM, Aug 15, 2008
The ASI had made excavations at the site to find out whether a temple existed at disputed site. ...
11:19 PM, Jan 17, 2007
ASI is all set to launch excavation inside the sea near Dwarka on the tip of the Gujarat peninsula. ...
12:38 PM, Nov 20, 2006
