KARACHI: The saga surrounding the seized artefacts supposedly dating to the Gandhara civilisation is about to end. The experts have found the majority of the ?relics? confiscated in a July raid are…
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.
Katas Raj ponds drying up due to water supply
The scred ponds at Katas Raj temples are drying up due to the tubewells in the area by a cement factory nearbye. On the other hand water from the pond is being…
From Lyari with love – The Stone age by Dawn
This is Lyari ? a?neighborhood?that everyone in Karachi talks and knows about. A pertinent question: how many Karachiites, other than those who live here, have ever set foot in the area? Answer:…
Korean Visitors promise to promote Gandhara civilisation in Korea
PESHAWAR, March 19 reported by Dawn: A South Korean delegation is visiting the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to see the remains of the ancient Gandhara civilisation at the invitation of provincial government….
1st International Conference on Banbhore Held in Karachi
KARACHI, March 10: Archaeologists and historians threw light on the significance of the archeological remains of Bhanbore at the first international conference on Bhanbhore organised by the provincial government’s culture department at…
Pietra dura – a beauty in need of beholder
LAHORE, March 3: The monuments known for their rich collection of semi-precious stones have not seen ‘pietra dura’ work for the last 22 years. Pietra dura (Italian) is a technique through which…
Historical significance of Chaukundi Highlighted
KARACHI, Feb 25: Speakers threw light on the significance of preserving historical monuments in general and Chaukandi tombs in particular at the first national conference of Chaukandi graveyard/monuments at the site of…
Wazir Khan Mosque rediscovered – Book on architecture launched
ISLAMABAD: Wazir Khan Mosque was rediscovered Friday at the National Art Gallery when Memoona Khan introduced her book she had written on its ancient architecture. The associate professor, author and chairperson at…
Anarkali Myth, Mystry and history
njoying the rich architecture and the cultural-historical treasures of Lahore, one cannot help being awed by the grandeur and the mystery of a Mughal-era tomb’s pale-white dome situated inside the south-western boundary…
Rare Indus Seal discovered at archeological site in Cholistan
LAHORE, Feb 6: The Punjab University’s archaeology department has discovered a rare Indus seal in steatite material with carved figure of an Ibex with two pictographs from the archeological site of Wattoowala…
Gora Qabrustan – Christian Cemetery Karachi
THE silence is tangible. Graves do not speak. They remain hush-hush and communicate through quietude. Quietude has its own language ? language of unrealised dreams, of a life well-led or of untimely…
The Sultan of the Samma dynasty in Thatta
Driving through the largest necropolis in the world ? the historical Makli graveyard in Thatta ? is like driving through different eras of ancient history: great kings representing several dynasties are buried…