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Dinosaurs loved perfumes way before you did

Flower-based compounds have been providing olfactory excitement to pollinating insects and other animals since the...

9 Aug 2018 1:03 PM IST

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Walrus bones provide clues to fate of lost Viking colony

Their fate may have been tied to the demand for walrus ivory among rich Europeans.

8 Aug 2018 12:04 PM IST

Newsmakers

George Washington gold coin sells for $1.7 million

It is one of the most important coins in American history.

17 Aug 2018 1:19 PM IST

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Egyptian archaeologists find sandstone sphinx in temple at Aswan

The sphinx was discovered at the Kom Ombo temple.

18 Sept 2018 11:50 AM IST

Books

Caught in the dog rose creepers

When we meet Maya, the schoolteacher at St. Hilda’s School in Ranikhet, she has already spent six years in the...

24 April 2011 5:07 PM IST

In this Aug. 12, 2017, workers stand around a giant saw installation that is cutting through a brick wall at the Partition Museum that is set to open later this week in Amritsar, India, 32 kilometres from border with Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

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India opens first Partition museum 70 years after bloody event

A new museum on the Partition of the Indian subcontinent will soon open its doors.

15 Aug 2017 2:17 PM IST

Age on Sunday

A different music

89 years down the line, we revisit the Von Trapps' real story.

27 Nov 2016 12:15 AM IST

The size of the graves discovered in the cemetery is larger in some instances than royal graves in Abydos (Photo: AFP)

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City dating back 7000 years discovered in Egypt

The find could be a boon for Egypt's ailing tourism industry, which has suffered endless setbacks since an uprising.

24 Nov 2016 3:10 PM IST

$He also said that there was a need to decide whether there should be a place for those who \relate themselves\ to Mehmood Gaznavi, Allauddin Khilji, Babar and Aurangzeb. (Photo: PTI)$ India

Need to expose those who distorted history: Yogi Adityanath

History was distorted for political purposes to divide society and it's not hidden, Adityanath said.

14 May 2017 3:30 PM IST

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Peru reveals replica of face of ancient female ruler

The discovery of the Lady of Cao's mummified remains in 2005 shattered the belief that the ancient Moche society was...

5 July 2017 4:33 PM IST

A community of storytellers believe oral narratives and human interaction could make the world a better place.

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Kommune of shared passion

A community of storytellers believe oral narratives and human interaction could make the world a better place.

1 March 2017 12:09 AM IST

His marks in other subjects like mathematics and Sanskrit were also average (Photo: PTI)

Newsmakers

Vivekananda scored 46 to 57% in English at university

Born in the family of a rich lawyer, he was able to get pretty much the best available education.

8 Jan 2017 2:36 PM IST