Dr. Nagaphani Sarma honored with Padma Shri for reviving Avadhanam and enriching Sanskrit and Telugu literature with his ...

Nearly five years after it was banned in India amid border tensions with China, low-cost fashion brand Shein is back. After nesting it inside the Ajio app for a couple of months, Reliance Retail has ...

Western Australian artist Darrell Sibosado on treating indigenous art like any other form of contemporary art rather than an ...

Vastu Shastra, an ancient Indian architectural science, enhances wealth and luck by aligning spaces with natural energy. Key ...

Linking Delhi, the Taj Mahal and the pink city of Jaipur, with detours for temples and tigers, this is the perfect route for ...

Constructed centuries ago, the world's oldest homes have stood the test of time. From ancient adobe dwellings and cave houses to medieval English manors, take a trip through history and discover what ...

Bahata Ansumali (in pic), a software technologist turned researcher, was in town recently for the Kolkata Literary Meet.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before dying, aged just 32. Alexander the Great’s legacy has given him god-like ...

The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today's historians haven't yet deciphered. While amateur theories abound, scholars are increasingly relying on computer science to cra ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Maritime historians argue that ancient India possessed advanced shipbuilding, berthing, and repair capabilities — among the most notable being the stitched shipbuilding method, where ships were ...

Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands. The daring heist took place at ...