Tag: South Asia
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...
Europe’s ancient languages shed light on a great migration and weather talk
Painstaking archaeological exploration is a familiar, often widely admired, method of unearthing history. Less celebrated, but also invaluable, is the piecing together of fragments...
The first documented kiss took place in the Middle East 4,500 years ago
According to recent research, the origins of the human practice of kissing can be traced to a very specific place in South Asia 3,500...
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...
Sea-level rise drove prehistoric human migration in sea
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU, Singapore) has found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in Southeast Asia...
Stone projectile skills help foragers occupy rainforests during southern Asia migration
Griffith University has played a key role in new research that shows hunter-gatherers used miniaturized stone tools and bone projectile points to consistently hunt...