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Afghan Archaeologists Battle Chinese Mining Interests in Fight to Save Ancient Buddhist Paradise
... looted. Located 25 miles southeast of Kabul near the Pakistan border in the Taliban-controlled Logar Province, it ... on a major transit route for insurgents filtering in from Pakistan. However, the instability and turmoil of the region ...
aprilholloway - 03/05/2015 - 17:29
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Remorseless Chronicles of Slaughter: Fatal First Contact Between Ancient Greece and the Tribes of India
... with their bare fingers. Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) A Massacre on The Indus River On ...
Mark Oliver - 26/06/2018 - 18:59
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The Forgotten Stepwells: Masterpieces from India’s Past
... India. Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh province, Pakistan, showing the Great Bath in the foreground. ( ...
dhwty - 21/04/2021 - 17:05
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Did the mythical Saraswati river of the ancient Vedas really exist?
... in India it is called the Ghaggar, and as it moves into Pakistan, it becomes the Hakra. Although its river bed ... of the time - covered vast areas of modern day Pakistan and Western India from Kashmir to Gujarat,” writes ...
aprilholloway - 07/10/2014 - 01:45
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Twisted Tourism: Taliban Sells Tickets to See the Buddhas They Blew Up
... protest against the Taliban on April 28, 1998 in Peshawar, Pakistan. ( RAWA ) Notwithstanding, in 2022, around 200,000 ...
ashley cowie - 18/06/2023 - 18:55
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Ancient Whale with Four Legs Found Along the Coast of Peru
... for the Americas, and the most complete outside India and Pakistan ." This figure shows the bones of Peregocetus, the ...
ancient-origins - 06/04/2019 - 01:31
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The Double-Headed Eagle: An Everlasting Symbol of Power
... at Sirkap Stupa, the Indo-Greek archaeological site, Pakistan (1 st century BC to 1 st century AD) ( Public Domain ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 15/06/2017 - 19:09
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From a King’s Refuge to Buddhist Grandeur: Dambulla Cave Temple
... Where Greek Meets Indian: Sirkap, an Ancient City in Pakistan The Spiritual Center of Taxila: One-time Jerusalem ... at the remarkable Bhamala Archaeological Complex in Pakistan The Mahavamsa: An Epic Poem that Sheds Light on Sri ...
Lex Leigh - 06/07/2023 - 18:51
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Greek Indonesia
... AD) levels at the site of Sirkap, in the Taxila region of Pakistan . A Sembiran potsherd inscribed with characters in ... Asian region that includes modern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan was under Achaemenid and then Greek rule into the ...
chimera - 11/07/2016 - 23:12
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Rigorous Genetic Analysis Proves the Yeti is Not an Unknown Species
... (Part I) Himalayan brown bear from Deosai National Park, Pakistan. A new study ties DNA from purported Yetis to Asian ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 30/11/2017 - 13:57
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The Delhi Sultanate: 300 Years of Muslim Power Over the Indian Subcontinent
... India. His empire included eastern Afghanistan, all of Pakistan, and northern India. ( Public Domain ) Top Image: A ...
dhwty - 22/06/2018 - 14:00
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Bactria - The Bountiful, Sought-after Region of Ancient History
... for the region between Central Asia and the Indus River in Pakistan, comprising the eastern provinces of the Achaemenid ... Sculptures Unearthed in the Ruins of an Ancient City in Pakistan The history of Bactria is a great “cutaway” ...
Aleksa Vučković - 02/10/2021 - 14:43
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Link Between the Huns and Vizsla Dogs Unravels an Ancient Enigma
... Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Eastern Iran, South-Western Pakistan, Northern Caucasus region, as well as parts of ... Proto-Slavic-speaking group believed to move from Indo-Pakistan to Central Europe and then, during the early Middle ...
Ksana - 14/02/2020 - 19:05
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Ten Amazing Cities from the Ancient World
... stables, and reservoirs. The ancient city of Mohenjo Daro (Pakistan, c 2600 BC) When the ancient ruins of Mohenjo Daro ... (which means Mound of the Dead) were first uncovered in Pakistan in 1922, its significance was not fully realised. ...
aprilholloway - 21/09/2014 - 14:06
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Power and Prestige across Asia: A History of Chariots, Part II
... it was used in battles. A chariot scene from Pakistan, Gandhara region, third century. Public Domain ...
dhwty - 22/06/2015 - 03:47
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Greek Buddhism, The Forgotten Chapter In A Philosophy That Began in India
... further expanded his empire by annexing what is now Pakistan and parts of Afghanistan, including the Greek-style ... Ashoka, serving as a governor in Taxila (modern-day Pakistan), would have been acquainted with the Greeks that ...
Thanos Matanis - 30/03/2022 - 23:00
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The Radhanites: A Glimpse into the Trade Networks of the Middle Ages
... and al-Jeddah (Jeddah), and further east to al-Sind ( Pakistan), al-Hind (India), and al-Sin (China). From China ... Egypt, and modern day Israel, Syria, Iraq, and again to Pakistan, India, and China. In his work, Ibn Khordadbeh also ...
Aleksa Vučković - 19/06/2020 - 13:58
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10 Must-Have Toys for Ancient Kids
... been found dating back to around 2500 BC at Harappa in Pakistan. Later, brass and bronze elephants and horses were ... have been found at excavations near Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistan, one of the world’s earliest major cities, dating ...
lizleafloor - 21/12/2020 - 14:04
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Humans Did Not Live in Asia Before Sumatra Volcanic Eruption 74,000 Years Ago
... taken place in the last 2 million years, covering India, Pakistan and the Gulf region in a blanket of ash up to 5 ...
aprilholloway - 13/06/2013 - 12:01
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Tomb of Alexander the Great already found, archaeologist claims, but findings have been blocked by ‘diplomatic intervention’
... stretching from Greece to Egypt and into present-day Pakistan. He is considered one of history's most successful ...
johnblack - 13/09/2014 - 13:51