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Palaeolithic cave paintings found near Delhi in the Aravalli ranges in Haryana, experts say could be among the oldest

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Ancient cave paintings found in the Aravalli mountain ranges in Haryana, just outside national capital region and near Mangar Bani
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Archaeologist BB Lal who led the excavation revealing existence of a temple at Ram Janmabhoomi site gets Padma Vibhushan

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Professor BB Lal had discovered pillar bases immediately south to the Babri structure pointing at the existence of an ancient temple.
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2000 years old Roman-era food stall buried in volcanic ash unearthed in Pompeii in Italy

OpIndia Staff -
Italian archaeologists carrying out excavations in lost city Pompeii discovered a 'thermopolium' or Roman era fast-food counter
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1,300-year-old Temple discovered by Pakistani and Italian archaeologists in Northwest Pakistan, was built in Hindu Shahi period

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu temple, constructed around 1,300 years ago, has been unearthed by Pakistani and Italian archaeological experts in northwest Pakistan.
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Ancient Roman mosaic of a villa unearthed at a Vineyard in Northern Italy

OpIndia Staff -
The surveyors in the commune of Negrar di Valpolicella, which is in the north of Verona, have unearthed mosaic floor recently and also published images of the well-preserved tiles buried beneath the earth.
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Ayodhya: Museum needed to preserve memory of oppressed generations

Abhishek Banerjee -
Victory is not simply in building a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya. Real victory lies in establishing a full documented history of what happened to generations of oppressed Hindus in India.
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Ayodhya: Carved stone pillars, Hindu sculptures, broken idols and a Shivling excavated during Ram Mandir construction work

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Stone pillars with carvings, artefacts like kalash, aamalak etc, broken idols of Hindu deities and a 5-foot tall Shivling has been found at the Ram Janmabhoomi site beneath the debris.
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4000-year-old Shivling found in excavations at Bhabhaniyav village near Varanasi by BHU’s Ancient History department

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BHU excavation team discovers 4000-year-old Shivling near Varanasi in an ancient craft village
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Archaeologists discover a huge cache of ivory pieces in ancient Bhanbhore city in Pakistan’s Sindh

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier excavations of Bhanbhore in the 1950s and 1960s also had found some finished ivory pieces.
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Easier to convince a dacoit than a communist: Read what Dr KK Muhammad said at Mangaluru Lit Fest

OpIndia Staff -
"Let me be clear, India is secular only because it is a Hindu majority nation, said Dr KK Muhammed. 
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