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Archaeology

The Ruins of Nalanda University stand as a symbol of India’s glorious past

Nalanda was a ‘Mahavihara’ (i.e. Great Monastery) and was destroyed in 1193 CE and ...

Abhijit Das October 1, 2019

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Ajanta-Ellora Caves

The Ajanta Ellora caves in India are astonishingly hand-carved into hillside rock in the ...

Prashant May 15, 2019

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Chichen Itza and the Cenote sacrificial customs

Chicken Itza is a much visited archaeological site located in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.It is ...

Manisha joshi November 19, 2018

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Harihara : An marvelous freeze from Halebeedu temple

Beluru and Halebeedu are famous heritage sites in Karnataka. These two twin towns were ...

Dr Neelkanth Kote November 9, 2018

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Wah Gardens

Located about 30 miles north west of the nation’s capital; Islamabad, on the Grand ...

Anosh Nadeem Butt October 11, 2018

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The Woman Married to Mount Nemrut

In late 1881, the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin received a strange letter ...

Selcen Ciftlikci July 15, 2018

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The Temples of Khajuraho

Lost in the forest for centuries, when T.S. Burt, a British engineer heard about ...

Shivam3007 July 13, 2018

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Lenggong Valley, Malaysia

Lenggong Valley is located about 80km away from Ipoh town, which equals to about ...

Yafieda July 6, 2018

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The Benin Moat

The Benin moat, traditionally called ‘Iya’ is one of the largest man-made earthworks in ...

Ofunim Nkem Bright July 5, 2018

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