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 musical and other social programs from time to time. Besides that 1000’s of tourists visit it daily so…
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.
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 the stakeholders keeping mum over the issue. A joint mission’s application for the renewal of the licence for…
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 of Bibi Jiwandi, Bahaul Haleem and Ustad Nuria and other graves within its premises. The mausoleum of Bibi…
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 the sand and gravel mafia, power cuts, climate change and shortage of water here that the water wells…
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 an Exhibtion. The exhibition, which opens for the public on May 18 when the world celebrates International Museum…
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 of many things, including buildings. There are some buildings constructed in colonial times in Karachi that belie their…
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 recovered. On December 16, 1999, 81 precious and invaluable antiquities of Gandhara civilisation mysteriously disappeared from inside Taxila…
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 define. Both signify act of learning. Welcome to Hyderabad , the city which has a history learning about…
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