Tag: India
The Greek Papyrus ‘Muziris’ reveals ancient trade routes
Valuable insights into the trade routes that connected the Mediterranean to the lost ancient port of Muziris in India, described by the Roman author...
India, South Africa and Australia shared similar volcanic activity 3.5 billion years ago
Cratons are pieces of ancient continents that formed several billions of years ago. Their study provides a window as to how processes within and...
Buddha statue found at Berenike on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast
Egypt was at the center of a trade route that connected the Roman Empire with many areas of the ancient world, including India. There...
Prolonged droughts likely spelled the end for Indus megacities
New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series...
Fossilised nests of the world’s largest dinosaur discovered in India
More than 250 titanosaur eggs have been uncovered in India, revealing more about the lives of some of the largest animals which ever lived.
Among...
Mystery of ‘Anonymous God’ of Palmyra solved
A Polish archaeologist has unlocked a 100-year-old mystery after identifying over 200 inscriptions addressed to an anonymous god. Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider had been carrying out...