To Shri Arunish Chawla Secretary Union Ministry of Culture Dear Shri Chawla, ASI should undertake a quick comprehensive exploration of ancient archaeological sites, based on cost-efficient ground-penetrating technologies like LIDAR, Satellite Imagery Analysis…
While the Prime Minister was highlighting India's commitment to the conservation of ancient heritage, JCBs were flattening an archaeological mound outside Pithori Darwaja containing precious archaeological evidence in his hometown,…
Flush with my newly minted university degree, I sat down for breakfast with my entrepreneurial grandfather who met me with the question, “So you want to study to be an…
An interview with renowned archaeologist Gary M. Feinman on the emergence of a global data set from our past that humanity can use to prosper—and avoid the biggest mistakes. The…
by Gary M. Feinman and David M. Carballo Western society is largely in the grips of an entrenched mythology that premodern non-Western states and empires were organized despotically, markedly different…
Six million years of human evidence offers a powerful universal education to address humanity’s most significant challenges and opportunities. All of humanity can now take the Grand Tour: a travel…
An international group of researchers and data scientists are creating a comprehensive database of the world’s archaeological knowledge—and changing our understanding of humans’ prehistoric heritage. Archaeology isn’t what it was…
The New Gilded Age, wars along the Russian border, a global pandemic, battles for women’s rights, even the Titanic: history does rhyme with the present. Yet as former New York Times…
Palmyra: “Syrian Troops Looting Ancient City Of Palmyra, Says Archaeologist.” So shouted the highly respected UK Guardian’s headline of June 1, 2016 on the eve of the opening day of this…
Stories about shipwrecks on the regular trade routes round the world have always been exciting news. And most of us are only familiar with the Titanic and the treasures unearthed…
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