Long ago, a substantial ancient Greek population from the island of Crete lived in the ancient city of Daedala, located in ...

Did you know that in Roman slang, Gladiators would sometimes be called “barley boys”? Since they, understandably, needed to ...

Herschel Hepler was browsing Google Images to practice his paleography mdash the study of historical writing systems mdash ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday described the Mahakumbh as the biggest event in the world that ...

For, the project to digitise the palm leaf manuscripts - which contain a wealth of Indological material ranging from Indian culture, philosophy to science and literature - and taken up by the Mythic ...

KABUL, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- As China and Afghanistan mark the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties this year, the bond between the people of China and Afghanistan is not only linked by a ...

A new book aiming to restore India's place in the ancient world is a treasure trove of insight and anecdote, writes Kapil ...

Over 4,000 miles away lies the continent of South Asia: a rich cultural and geographical tapestry made up of seven different countries, that seem worlds away from our student city. Yet this region ...

described her travels to view the spectacular Buddhas of Bamiyan, which would be destroyed by the Taliban two decades ago. Within its pages are vivid descriptions of Kabul’s streets, lush ...

Veteran nuclear scientist Dr Rajagopala Chidambaram, instrumental in India's 1974 and 1998 nuclear tests, passed away at 88. He held key positions, including principal scientific adviser to the ...

He headed the nuclear component of the 1998 Operation Shakti at Pokhran, making him one of the rare atomic scientists who contributed to both Smiling Buddha in 1974 and Operation Shakti in 1998.