8+ hour, 47+ min ago  (320+ words) ROME: A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome's basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo after nearly 200 years in obscurity, following a document-based investigation. The sculpture, which depicts Christ the Saviour, has been preserved in the…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (509+ words) THATTA: The discoveries made during the excavation in Sindh's coastal areas demonstrate global historical importance of settlements in the region. This was stated by Dr St'phane Pradines, head of the Indus Delta Excavation Project, which concluded in Bhanbore on Friday....

3+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (247+ words) KARAHANTEPE: On the windswept hills overlooking Turkiye's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world's earliest communities began to emerge. The latest finds " a stone figurine with stitched lips, carved…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (569+ words) A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said on Friday. The findings are based on a reconstruction of a crushed…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (805+ words) THE narrow road to Beshonai is crowded with NGO workers, distributing aid among the survivors of the Aug 15 deluge that killed over 200 people and swept away livelihoods in this district. The air hangs heavy and a hot afternoon sun beats…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (282+ words) ALEXANDRIA: Egypt on Thursday unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, revealing buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock, all dating back over 2,000 years. Egyptian authorities said the site, located in the waters of…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (783+ words) JUST as I'm getting ready to jet off to Japan for the Expo 2025 Osaka, Noorjehan Bilgrami gives me a call and offers two primary instructions. I listen studiously. Bilgrami is a woman of many talents and, after her curatorial success…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (262+ words) YINCHUAN: Under the scorching sun, Xu Xiaolong and his colleagues trudged through wild grass in the Gobi Desert, scanning the rocky foothills of Helan Mountain in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, in search of ancient carvings. "This field…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (232+ words) CAIRO: As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands. Years later, the Egyptian conservator found himself gently brushing centuries-old dust off one…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (167+ words) THERE is a statue of the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah facing the rising sun on the uptrack of Sharea Faisal near Karsaz. No doubt, the Quaid in black sherwani, white shalwar, a cap and decent footwear looks as graceful as…...