Pakistan
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» BBC News - Pakistan Rescues Ancient Buddhist Statues 
Officials in Pakistan say that ancient statues, worth millions of dollars, have been seized as they were being smuggled abroad. » BBC News - Tourists Injured in Pakistan Blast
Nine foreigners are injured in a grenade attack while visiting an archaeological site in northern Pakistan. » Daily Star - Archaeological Sites in Disarray
Articles stating that archaeological sites are poorly maintained as the Department of Archaeology under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs due to a funding crisis and manpower shortage. » Dawn - Gandhara Period Painting Discovered
A hand-made painting on stucco plaster, dating between 3rd and 5th century AD, has been recovered from the ruins of a monastery, locally called Jinna Wali Dehri, about 18 km from here near Khanpur. » First City Site Unearthed ‘Properly’ at Hazara
From Daily Times, Dr Saifur Rehman Dar, an archaeologist and former director of the Lahore Museum gave a presentation on the process he and his team went through in unearthing a city at Hazara. » Kashmir Discovery
From outlookindia, excavators have stumbled into the remains of a bustling ancient urban settlement in Anantnag District with tiled pavements "stamped in colourful human and animal motifs" and incriptions in the now defunct Karoshti script. » Light Shining From a Dark Age?
From the University of Bradford published News and Views, a report on excavations by Robin Coningham, Taj Ali, Mukhtar Ali Durrani, and Ihsan Ali have cast new light on this enigmatic site. » Rock Carvings and Inscriptions Along the Karakorum Highway
After the construction of the Karakorum Highway, thousands of petroglyphs were discovered. Includes: an introduction, publications, bibliography, images, and links. » Rock-art sites discovered near Siachen
From Dawn, the federal archaeology department claims to have discovered rock-art sites near the Siachen Glacier, between the villages of Domsum and Gulshan-i-Kabin on the left bank of Saltoro river in the Lower Sheyole valley. » Rockcarvings and Inscriptions Along the Indus: the Buddhist Tradition
1983 article by Volker Thewalt and presented at South Asian Archaeology 1983. » Temple at Katas Satg, Hara Temple
From PakTribune, main group of old temples, called Satghara, is located on a higher flat land west of the once-sacred pool of natural springs whereas all along the northern and eastern sides, but across the modem metal led road, there is a series of two g » Temples Along the Indus
An article by Dr. Michael W. Meister reporting on the remains of forts and temples built between the 6th and 11th centuries CE in the Salt Ranges of northwestern India. » Tutai Chaukundi / Baluch Tombs
From Pakistan News, The chivalrous Kalmatis have no written history and the major evidences of their tribal activity is reflected through their graves in these sort of graveyards. |
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Last Updated: 2007-01-17 17:15:06
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