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Merovingian dynasty headless horse remains
Archaeologists have unearthed a headless horse in Knittlingen in Germany. The headless horse was buried 1,400 years ago. A man’s skeletal was also found next to the headless horse. Probably he was the owner of the horse when it was alive. About the headless horse The horse belonged to Merovingian dynasty. The period was around ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • excavation • Germany • Greeks • merovingian dynasty
Where is Plain of Jars located?
The archaeologists recently found that the jars in the “Plain of Jars” were used as burial sites. They have also found that though the jars could be 3,000 years old, the human remains suggest that people were buried along side these jars 700 years ago, which is relatively recent. About the recent Discoveries According the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Laos • Plain of Jars • sandstone • UNESCO World Heritage Site
500-year old Temple submerged in Mahanadi found
The Archaeological Survey team has recently claimed that a 500 year old temple that submerged in the waters of Mahanadi resurfaced. Highlights The Mahanadi river that changed its course 150 years due to flooding had submerged the Padmabati village where the temple is located. There are more than 22 villages in the region that are ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Chhattisgarh • Flood • Hirakud Dam • Mahanadi River • Odisha
Budget 2020: Caring Society: Women and Child, Social Welfare, Culture & Tourism, Env & Climate Change
On February 1, 2020, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman presented the Budget 2020 on three main themes. The third theme of the budget is Caring Society. Under this theme, the GoI allocated budget to Women and Child, Social Welfare and Tourism, Environment and Climate Change. The Budget allocated for the above sections of the society ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Archaeological Sites • Art & Culture • Cultural tourism • Environment • Forest and Climate Change • National Clean Air Programme • NDCs • Sustainable Development Goals • Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society • Tourism
ASI: Gottiporlu-a historic trade centre
The Archaeological Survey of India has discovered the remains of huge settlement during its first phase of excavation at Gottiprolu near Naidupeta, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. It has uncovered a mass settlement that was surrounded by a massive brick enclosure Highlights The experts unearthed the Hindu god, Lord Vishnu sculptures and wide variety of pottery of ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Amaravati capital of Satavahanas in the 2nd Century • Andhra Pradesh • Archaeological Sites • Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) • ASI • Krishna River • Pottery