Swat Museum renovated with Italian Govt assistance, opens after six years Thursday, December 11, 2014 – Swat—Swat Museum that was razed to ground six years ago by the militants opened here Wednesday…
Category: Archeology & History
Archeological sites problems discovery in Pakistan and much more. Pakistan has history dating back to 7000 BC making it one of the oldest civilizations of the world.
Hussain Agahi – A neglected shrine of Multan
MULTAN: Thanks to encroachments, the shrine of Hazrat Syed Husain Shah Bukhari, commonly known as Husain Agahi, has gone out of sight if not mind. The shrine is located at the famous…
The majestic Rawat Fort
Among the many forgotten relics spread across the dry and arid land of Potohar Plateau is the Rawat Fort, which lies about 18km east of Rawalpindi on G.T. Road. The etymology of…
Remnants of ancient settlement unearthed in Bhanbore
THATTA: A team of Pakistani and European experts currently in quest of undiscovered ancient civilisations in Sindh has achieved an early success when a number of structures and objects were found during…
From Poland to Khewra Salt mines
In the south of Poland is the largest salt mine of the world the… the 200 years old mine is not used any more for dinging salt but it is used for…
Anomalies in Bhanbhore excavation project licence
By Bhagwandas KARACHI, Dec 8: Mystery shrouds the project of Bhanbhore excavation by a joint Pakistani-French-Itahan mission after anomalies in the issuance of its licence surfaced, with the licensing authorities and all…
Hefty allocation for monument conservation
BAHAWALPUR, Dec 1: The Punjab government has allocated about Rs87 million for the rehabilitation and conservation of Bibi Jiwandi Complex in Uch Sharif, Dawn learnt on Sunday. The complex houses the tombs…
The 12 remaining Dumlottee wells
KARACHI, Aug 3: The British left behind a fine system for the distribution of water that we in this day and age are finding a challenge to maintain. It is due to…
Priceless – real objects from Indus valley on display at Karachi museum
KARACHI: To celebbrate the worl Museum day the Karachi’s National Museum of Pakistan has made arrangements to display the orignal King preist from Moen Jo Daro and many other priceless objects in…
Yearning for timelessness
THEY say appearances are deceptive. According to a philosophical theory, the face neither reflects character nor soul, nor the self—it is only the serial number of a specimen. This can be true…
Taxila 13 years on, stolen artefacts still not found
TAXILA, Dec 29: One of the rarest artefacts ever to be discovered in Pakistan were stolen, along with 80 other pieces, 13 years ago, from Taxila Museum and till date have not been…
Hyderabad Kalhora tombs – Spiritual poise, architectural grace
Let?s begin this piece by using the metaphor of ?learning?. Chinese philosopher Confucius once remarked, ?Study the past if you want to define the future.? Two words are important here: study and…