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From Biryani To Fish And Toddy, 7 Temples In India Serve Non-Veg Prasad
Whether it is goat meat offered during Ambubachi Mela in Assam or fish served with toddy in Kerala, these practices reflect a sacred bond between faith and food.
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Rare Fossils From Extinct Elephants Document Earliest Instance of Butchery in India’s Kashmir Valley
In the Kashmir Valley, rare fossils from extinct elephants reveal the earliest evidence of human butchery in India, dating back 300,000 to 400,000 years. The discovery includes stone tools used to extract bone marrow, offering insight into early human behaviour in the region. These fossils, from the extinct elephant species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicu...
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2,500-Year-Old 'Yagya Kund' Found During Excavation In Rajasthan's Braj
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found a 2,500-year-old 'yagya kund', metal tools, and coins along with other ancient articles during the excavation of a mound in Bahaj village of Deeg Tehsil in Rajasthan's Bharatpur division.
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Kashmir Women Find Success In New Modification To An Ancient Tool
A delicate pashmina yarn holds promise for hundreds of women in Kashmir valley. Powered by a modified charkha, over 200 women spinners have ended the year 2022 with doubling their output and income.
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Very Old, Sophisticated Tools Found In India. So Who Made Them?
Humanity's origin story has gotten increasingly tangled in recent years: New discoveries suggest that Homo sapiens interacted and interbred with other species and ventured out of Africa in more than one wave. Researchers have compared the ancient world to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth - but instead of hobbits, dwarves and elves, our planet had mode...
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3,800 Year Old Potato Garden Discovered in Canada
Ancient spuds recently dug up on Canada's Pacific coast are blackened and surely unedible, but are the first proof, say researchers, that North American natives tended gardens at least 3,800 years ago.
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Stones Used As Hunting Weapons Million Years Ago Found
A large number of ancient spherical stone artifacts found at a major archaeological site in South Africa served as weapons for defence and hunting, and not as tools as previously thought, according to a new study.
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6,000-Year-Old Stone Tombs May Have Been First 'Telescopes'
Ancient megalithic tombs - such as those at the 6,000 year old Seven-Stone Antas in Portugal - may have been the first astronomical tools used to watch the skies, millennia before telescopes were invented, scientists say.
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From Biryani To Fish And Toddy, 7 Temples In India Serve Non-Veg Prasad
Whether it is goat meat offered during Ambubachi Mela in Assam or fish served with toddy in Kerala, these practices reflect a sacred bond between faith and food.
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Rare Fossils From Extinct Elephants Document Earliest Instance of Butchery in India’s Kashmir Valley
In the Kashmir Valley, rare fossils from extinct elephants reveal the earliest evidence of human butchery in India, dating back 300,000 to 400,000 years. The discovery includes stone tools used to extract bone marrow, offering insight into early human behaviour in the region. These fossils, from the extinct elephant species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicu...
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2,500-Year-Old 'Yagya Kund' Found During Excavation In Rajasthan's Braj
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found a 2,500-year-old 'yagya kund', metal tools, and coins along with other ancient articles during the excavation of a mound in Bahaj village of Deeg Tehsil in Rajasthan's Bharatpur division.
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Kashmir Women Find Success In New Modification To An Ancient Tool
A delicate pashmina yarn holds promise for hundreds of women in Kashmir valley. Powered by a modified charkha, over 200 women spinners have ended the year 2022 with doubling their output and income.
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Very Old, Sophisticated Tools Found In India. So Who Made Them?
Humanity's origin story has gotten increasingly tangled in recent years: New discoveries suggest that Homo sapiens interacted and interbred with other species and ventured out of Africa in more than one wave. Researchers have compared the ancient world to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth - but instead of hobbits, dwarves and elves, our planet had mode...
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3,800 Year Old Potato Garden Discovered in Canada
Ancient spuds recently dug up on Canada's Pacific coast are blackened and surely unedible, but are the first proof, say researchers, that North American natives tended gardens at least 3,800 years ago.
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Stones Used As Hunting Weapons Million Years Ago Found
A large number of ancient spherical stone artifacts found at a major archaeological site in South Africa served as weapons for defence and hunting, and not as tools as previously thought, according to a new study.
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6,000-Year-Old Stone Tombs May Have Been First 'Telescopes'
Ancient megalithic tombs - such as those at the 6,000 year old Seven-Stone Antas in Portugal - may have been the first astronomical tools used to watch the skies, millennia before telescopes were invented, scientists say.
