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Ministry of Culture Strips Burned Church in Stsyapanki of Architectural Monument Status. So it Won't Be Restored?
8+ hour, 40+ min ago (230+ words) Experts believe this precedent opens Pandora's box, as burning down an architectural monument will be easier and cheaper for many developers than restoring it. St. Michael's Church was built around 1780 and was an example of the West Polesian school of…...
UNESCO honours Nepal monastery rebuilt with Indian aid after 2015 quake
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (272+ words) India Today UNESCO honours Nepal monastery rebuilt with Indian aid after 2015 quake Jestha Varna Mahavihar in Lalitpur has received a UNESCO conservation award after its post-earthquake restoration. The honour highlights a community-led rebuilding effort backed by Indian assistance and shared…...
Nepal's Buddhist Monastery Reconstructed Under Indian Grant Bags UNESCO Award For Conservation
10+ hour, 17+ min ago (295+ words) Published: July 3, 2026 at 4: 41 PM IST Kathmandu: A 17th-century Buddhist monastery in Nepal, damaged in the 2015 quake and reconstructed with Indian assistance, has received an award from the UN's heritage agency for conservation. Jestha Varna Mahavihar at Lalitpur, on the outskirts…...
Egyptian archaeologists uncover Hyksos settlement and tombs
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (374+ words) Hyksos-Era Settlement and Tombs Discovered by Archaeologists in Eastern Egypt inkorr. com Hyksos-Era Settlement and Tombs Discovered by Archaeologists in Eastern Egypt Major Find in Eastern Egypt: A Glimpse into Hyksos Rule According to " " ": On July 2, a team of archaeologists…...
The Pompeii charcoal note that forced historians to rethink when Vesuvius erupted
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (311+ words) The Times of India Pompeii's eruption date had long been widely accepted until recently Almost all the historical sources stated that the volcano erupted one summer day in August, covering the entire Roman city under tons of ash and rock…...
Lessons from the Ruins and Remains of Rome
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (714+ words) Good Morning Kashmir The streets of Rome were overcrowded on 29 June 2026, as if the entire city had taken to the streets to celebrate Saints Peter and Paul, the city's patron saints and founders of the new Christian Rome. Despite the…...
The last missing royal tomb of Ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, belonging to a pharaoh named Thutmose II who ruled approximately 3, 500 years ago, was announced by a joint British-Egyptian archaeological team in February 2025, in the first discovery of a pharaonic tomb near the Valley of the Kings since Tutankhamun's was found by Howard Carter in November 1922.
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (267+ words) The Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt ruled the country between approximately 1550 and 1292 BCE, a period during which Egypt reached the greatest territorial extent, wealth, and cultural influence in its recorded history. Published July 1, 2026 Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of the…...
A cave sealed for 400, 000 years revealed a forgotten society that buried its dead
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (19+ words) The Times of India...
In 2021, archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii servants" room, revealing the hidden labor behind Roman luxury
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (375+ words) In 2021, archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii servants" room, revealing the hidden labor behind Roman luxur The Times of India When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, it buried Pompeii beneath metres of volcanic ash, preserving a Roman city with extraordinary detail For…...
2, 000-year-old scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius eruption finally deciphered with help from AI
4+ day, 13+ min ago (310+ words) Experts have unraveled substantial new text from two carbonized Herculaneum scrolls, including what may be a previously unknown work by a Stoic philosopher. Nearly 2, 000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius buried a vast collection of scrolls in ash and scorched them into…...