Like other districts of Balochistan, Lasbela is host to a number of historical and archaeological sites among which, the necropolis of the Jams of Lasbela is quite prominent. Located some eight kilometers…
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.
Danger to historical forts LHC puts govt officials on notice
RAWALPINDI, April 9: The Lahore High Court here on Friday directed the director general archeology, managing director Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation and secretary mines and minerals Punjab to appear in the court…
Road being built on protected land near Moenjodaro
KARACHI, April 3: A new four-lane expressway is being built in Moenjodaro on a piece of land protected under the Antiquities Act, reliable sources told Dawn on Saturday. The Federal Archeology department?s…
Bhasha Dam may drown rock drawings on KKH
THE Diamer?Bhasha dam will submerge more than half of the prolific rock art that abounds in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to Harald Hauptmann, a renowned German archaeologist, who has been working on the petroglyphs…
Crumbling heritage of Sikh era in Kuri
KURI town in Islamabad is host to many historical buildings. Each of the nar row alleys of the town boasts the havelis and kothis of the Hindus and Sikhs. Most of the…
UNESCO To Launch 2010 Year For Rapprochement Of Cultures
Feb 4 2010 — The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has set up an expert group to find ways to increase tolerance around the world, as…
Hindu Temples in Hingol Balochistan
The landscape of the Hingol National Park in Balochistan, Pakistan?s largest national park is otherworldly. The tur quoise and azure-hued Hingol River snakes through the expanse of white sands, tumbleweed and craggy…
Tour operators play important role in promotion of tourism Say Pakistan Tourism Minister
BEIJING, June 19: Federal Minister for Tourism Attaur Rehman has that tour operators play an important role for the promotion of tourism. Addressing tour operators at the Pakistan Embassy Beging, the tourism…
Museum to be opened at Katasraj
THE Punjab Archaeology Department is setting up a museum at Katasraj near Chakwal to highlight the culture and history of this fine historical treasure. A team consisting of ex- perts and a…
1.5 million years old early human Footprints uncovered in Kenya
Footprints uncovered in Kenya show that as early as 1.5 million years ago an ancestral species, almost certainly Homo erectus, had already evolved the feet and walking gait of modern humans. Such…
Early Whale fossils discovered in Pakistan reveals they gave birth on land
Pakistan is land of earliest lives on Earth there are numerous places where one can se fossils at times just spread on hills. Recently A fossil of a Pregnant whale was found…
Prof: Ahmed Hassan Dani Dies at age 89
Peshawar Pakistans renowned historian, writer, archeologist and professor at the Peshawar University leaves this world on 26th Jan 2009. He was 89 years old and was admitted at PIMS (Pakistan Institute of…