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To ‘understand the human condition,’ this anthropologist embedded with migrant smugglers

LA Times

Jason De León, author of “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. This week we speak with lifelong Angeleno Jason De Leon, whose book “Soldiers and Kings,” a harrowing and deeply empathetic study of smugglers guiding migrants across Mexico, recently won the National Book Award for nonfiction. …

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1 month ago

Laser-based lidar tech is rewriting history — if climate change doesn't erase it first

Salon

Tashbulak and Tugunbulak may be largely forgotten today, but the pair of Uzbekistani cities thrived during the Medieval era. Scientists still debate whether lidar stands for “laser imaging, detection and ranging” or “light detection and ranging.” Either acronym accurately summarizes the technology, which uses lasers to measure large areas by targeting a surface or object and measuring how long it …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

JNU's new MA programme likely to include Manipur conflicts and concept of Bharat

India Today

For JNU's MA programme at the Special Centre for Study of North East India at JNU, discussion surrounding the concept of "North East Bharat" and the spread of religions other than Hinduism in the hills was part of the consultations in the proposal for the final syllabus, sources said. Under "Field Archeology and Prehistory of Northeastern region of Bharat and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Maldives joins India in Colombo Security Conclave, Dhaka stays away

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: In a strategic U-turn, Mohamed Muizzu led Maldives has joined hands with Mauritius, Sri Lanka and India for a regional maritime security architecture at the national security advisor level on September 30 to counter a range of threats in the Indian Ocean Region. The Charter of Colombo Security Conclave and the Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Sagala …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Hettie Jones, publisher, educator and award-winning poet and former wife of Amiri Baraka, dies at 90

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Hettie Jones, an award-winning author, publisher and educator who was the first wife and early muse of the author-poet-activist Amiri Baraka and one of the few women in the Beat literary community, has died at age 90. “All night Jack kept running to me with different people: ‘I didn’t remember who she was,’ he kept saying, ‘but …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra government suspends archeology department director involved in bribery case

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has suspended Tejas Madan Garge, director of Maharashtra Archaeology and Museums, for his alleged involvement in a bribe case being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau's Nashik unit. Last month, the ACB's Nashik unit booked assistant director Aarti Aley, 41, while she was accepting a bribe of ₹ 1.5 lakh at her residence. Representational Image Last month, …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Ridicule, rage outbursts, abuse of power by Leiden archeology professor

NL Times

An Archeology professor and her partner at Leiden University were responsible for a reign of terror at the faculty for years. An investigative committee called it “plausible” that the professor and her partner were guilty of long-term undesirable and often transgressive behavior, the university reported on Tuesday. People from the faculty told investigators that the professor and her partner - …

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8 months ago

Haryana man tries to hide 400-year-old idols unearthed during house construction

The Hindu

Three metal idols, estimated to be about 400 years old, were unearthed during excavation for a house construction project in Baghanki village near Manesar, police said on April 24. The antique idols have been taken into possession and the owner has been told to stall construction work, the police said, adding that the Archeology Department will now dig further to …

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1 year ago

Underwater archeology cooperation hub set up

China Daily

Photo taken on Jan 28, 2015 shows artifacts discovered on the Nanhai No 1 ship at the Marine Silk Road Museum in Yangjiang, South China's Guangdong province. It will assist in conducting underwater archaeological surveys in the province in coordination with a nationwide cultural relics survey, and soon establish a geographic information management system for underwater archaeological cultural heritage in …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Paruveta mandapam’ demolition: BJP serves legal notice to TTD

The Hindu

The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a legal notice to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams over the dismantling of the ‘Paruveta mandapam’ at Tirumala in the name of renovation. Addressing the media here on Monday, BJP State spokesperson G. Bhanuprakash Reddy said the party had served legal notice on the TTD and sought an explanation from the TTD Executive Officer. The …

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1 year, 2 months ago

RYDER CUP ’23: A look inside the walls of the 11th-century Marco Simone castle

Associated Press

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — First came the castle. I really feel I’m taking care of this place,” Biagiotti Cigna said in a recent interview with The Associated Press inside the castle walls. “She was the first Italian designer ever to hold a fashion show in China, in 1988 — that was really early,” Biagiotti Cigna said of her mother. “There …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Goran Durdevic: I like to contribute to promotion of archaeology

China Daily

Goran Durdevic, lecturer of the Beiwai College, Beijing Foreign Studies University, said: "I'm particularly interested in those parts dedicated to cultural heritage and archeology. Citing his documentaries about heritages in Beijing as examples, he said: "I will talk about several documentaries. The biggest one is called Charming Landscapes of Beijing and I spoke in the Croatian language about hutong, the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

A different frontier: Stockton Rush started Titanic sub company to expand access to the deep sea

Associated Press

EVERETT, Wash. — As other entrepreneurs push the edges of technology to bring well-heeled tourists to space, Stockton Rush saw new opportunities for exploring another frontier: the deep sea. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the conservation group SeaDoc Society, which funded the expedition, said the research “would not have been possible without OceanGate’s submersible technology and their professional team.” Alex …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Archeologists find mummy surrounded by coca leaves on hilltop in Peru’s capital

Associated Press

LIMA, Peru — Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club. Miguel Aguilar, a professor of archeology at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, said the mummy was buried in a ritual that included coca leaves and seashells. Pieter Van …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Just how much toilet paper do you need for a trip to Antarctica

Hindustan Times

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. When trekking in Antarctica, former Olympian and Rowing Blazers founder Jack Carlson suggests erring on the side of a heavier backpack If Wes Anderson could have scripted someone’s life, it would be Jack Carlson’s. “You can have the window open when you’re flying, and in the past, I was somehow exactly the right …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Archeologists discover ‘oldest pearling town’ in the Persian Gulf

CNN

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN — A group of archeologists in the United Arab Emirates said Monday that they’ve found what they believe to be the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on Sinniyah Island, just …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Wreck of 17th century Dutch war ship found off British coast

NL Times

A shipwreck off the coast of Sussex has been identified as the 17th-century Dutch warship Klein Hollandia. It was involved in all major battles of the second Anglo-Dutch war, the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency of the Ministry of Education Culture and Science announced. Over the past year, specialists from Historic England, the Cultural Heritage Agency, and the British Nautical Archeology …

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2 years ago

Kanparthi museum in Andhra Pradesh to get a facelift at ₹2 crore

The Hindu

The dilapidated museum at Kanaparthi village in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh with numerous artefacts will be given a facelift, State Archeology and Museums Deputy Director O. Ramasubba Reddy has said. A number of bronze and Panchaloha idols of the Lord Buddha have been unearthed as also numerous centuries-old Sivalingams in the coastal village, known as ‘Kanakapuripatnam in the past, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Five held in idol desecration case in Prakasam of Andhra Pradesh, SP rules out communal angle

The Hindu

Prakasam Police achieved a breaththrough in the case relating to desecration of the idol of Nandiswara at the historic temple of Sri Ganga Parvati Sametha Eleshwara Swamy at Kanaparthi, near N.G. The SP said after conducting a recce, the six-member gang had struck at the 10th-century temple late on last Sunday and fled to Markapur after committing the offence. The …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Artefacts unearthed at Kodumanal on display at Erode Book Festival

The Hindu

Artefacts unearthed during excavations at the Kodumanal village are on display at the 18th Erode Book Festival under way at the Chikkaiah Naicker College here. Under the title “Noyyal Nadhikarai Nagareegam”, the State Department of Archeology has exhibited the objects and explained the history of Kodumanal excavation site in Chennimalai Union. Also on display are precious stones, pots, terracotta pipes, …

Kodumanal Excavation Site

2 years, 5 months ago

Tina Dabi's ex-husband IAS officer Athar Amir Khan gets engaged, shares photo

Hindustan Times

IAS officer Tina Dabi's former husband Athar Amir Khan who is presently posted in Srinagar as the municipal commissioner has got engaged to Dr Mehreen Qazi, the IAS officer announced on Instagram, posting his photo with Mehreen. This comes months after Tina Dabi married IAS officer Dr Pradeep Gawande in April this year, in a private ceremony in Jaipur where …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Against Construction Activities By Odisha Govt At Puri Jagannath Temple Premises

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved orders in the petitions filed alleging illegal excavation and construction work by the Odisha Government at the iconic Shree Jagannath Temple premises at Puri. A vacation bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice Hima Kohli was considering two special leave petitions filed challenging Odisha High Court's order refusing to restrain the State from carrying …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Open to consult experts, historians on finding 'shivlings' in Goa: Subhash Phal Desai

Firstpost

Desai was reacting to a statement made by his cabinet colleague Sudin Dhavalikar, who earlier said just as ‘discovery’ of a ‘Shivling’ in the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi during a court-mandated survey, similar findings are likely at religious places in Goa Panaji: Goa Minister Subhash Phal Desai on Thursday said the state archives and archaeology department wouldn’t mind consulting …

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3 years ago

BHU Launches MA in Hindu Studies, Here's What Students Will Learn in Unique Course

News 18

The Banaras Hindu University had launched a new degree course called Hinduism, which aims to give the world an opportunity to know the religion better. Read | BHU, Michigan State University Jointly Launch Online Course in Fundamentals of Social Design The two-year course offers 40 seats, and candidates will get admission into it on the basis of an entrance exam, …

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To ‘understand the human condition,’ this anthropologist embedded with migrant smugglers

Laser-based lidar tech is rewriting history — if climate change doesn't erase it first

JNU's new MA programme likely to include Manipur conflicts and concept of Bharat

Maldives joins India in Colombo Security Conclave, Dhaka stays away

Hettie Jones, publisher, educator and award-winning poet and former wife of Amiri Baraka, dies at 90

Maharashtra government suspends archeology department director involved in bribery case

Ridicule, rage outbursts, abuse of power by Leiden archeology professor

Haryana man tries to hide 400-year-old idols unearthed during house construction

Underwater archeology cooperation hub set up

‘Paruveta mandapam’ demolition: BJP serves legal notice to TTD

RYDER CUP ’23: A look inside the walls of the 11th-century Marco Simone castle

Goran Durdevic: I like to contribute to promotion of archaeology

A different frontier: Stockton Rush started Titanic sub company to expand access to the deep sea

Archeologists find mummy surrounded by coca leaves on hilltop in Peru’s capital

Just how much toilet paper do you need for a trip to Antarctica

Archeologists discover ‘oldest pearling town’ in the Persian Gulf

Wreck of 17th century Dutch war ship found off British coast

Kanparthi museum in Andhra Pradesh to get a facelift at ₹2 crore

Five held in idol desecration case in Prakasam of Andhra Pradesh, SP rules out communal angle

Artefacts unearthed at Kodumanal on display at Erode Book Festival

Tina Dabi's ex-husband IAS officer Athar Amir Khan gets engaged, shares photo

Supreme Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Against Construction Activities By Odisha Govt At Puri Jagannath Temple Premises

Open to consult experts, historians on finding 'shivlings' in Goa: Subhash Phal Desai

BHU Launches MA in Hindu Studies, Here's What Students Will Learn in Unique Course