archaeology

11 spots within Old Dhaka's central jail were selected for the excavation. Photos: Courtesy

Panorama

Dhaka’s buried past: Archaeological excavation unveils new history

New findings from Old Dhaka’s central jail excavation show that the city was likely a capital of the Bengal region long before Islam Khan’s 17th-century arrival, a discovery that reshapes the story...

A human tooth discovered at Taforalt Cave in Morocco in an undated photograph. Photo: Heiko Temming/Handout via REUTERS

Science

What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight

Workers wrap the skeletal remains and parts of the funerary bundle of a mummy found by Peruvian archaeologists in the ruins of Cajarmarquilla, in the outskirts of Lima, Peru April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

Offbeat

Archaeologists in Peru find adolescent mummy wrapped in bundle

Shat Gombuj Masjid (sixty dome mosque) in Bagerhat is a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists. Photo: Mumit M

Panorama

Meeras-e-Bangalah: How heritage tourism can rescue history

A statue is displayed after the announcement of the discovery of 4,300-year-old sealed tombs, which have made a number of important archaeological discoveries dating to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom, also stated that the expedition had found a group of Old Kingdom tombs, indicating that the site comprised a large cemetery, where the most important tomb belonged to Khnumdjedef, an inspector of the officials, a supervisor of the nobles, and a priest in the pyramid complex of Unas, the last kind of the fifth dynasty, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, in Giza, Egypt, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Africa

Archaeologist hails possibly 'oldest' mummy yet found in Egypt

Photo: The New England Journal of Medicine/Dr Pier Paolo via BBC

World+Biz

New research on Vesuvius eruption victim reveals brain turned to glass

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