Archaeological Frontiers
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How archaeology has shaped India’s imagination of itself
Despite claims to scientific method and objective enquiry, archaeology is located within political projects of nationhood and narratives of conquest.
Dilip M Menon
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Did kangaroos ever live in India? A new discovery has some archaeologists hopping with excitement
Archaeologist Jinu Koshy has found thousands of rock drawings in Andhra Pradesh – including some of marsupials. How did it land there? And why?
Anupama Chandrasekaran
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Ancient ruins keep being ‘discovered’, but were they ever really lost?
The idea of an outsider ‘discovering’ something of an ancient people or society is hegemonic.
Christopher Begley
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Stonehenge isn’t the only prehistoric monument that’s been moved – but it’s still unique
Piecing together how Stonehenge came to be reveals similarities and differences with other monuments of the time.
Mike Parker Pearson, The Conversation
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Discovered: stone tools that go back beyond earliest humans
Discovery of 3.3m-year old stone tools in Kenya are the oldest-known manufactured artefacts.
Matt Pope, The Conversation