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Category: History

The Deaf Man Who Taught Us To Listen!

German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) is famous for his sense of music, as his Seventh, Eighth or Ninth symphonies have rendered him […]

Multilayered City, Unearthed By Chance

The town has everything from churches, schools, wine cellars to separate rooms for students. Yet this city is different from other cities in the world, as Derinkuyu is an ancient […]

Discovery Of A Medieval Tunnel

While constructing an underground passage leading to the Children’s Museum at Siri Fort in the Indian capital of New Delhi, workers accidentally discovered a 13th-Century secret tunnel on June 7, […]

Sanctions At The Time Of Bill & Boris

Former US President Bill Clinton had repeatedly threatened Boris Yeltsin, the then President of Russia, with economic sanctions over a nuclear and defence co-operation deal with India. As per transcripts […]

The Discovery Of Mayan ‘Roadways’

Archaeologists recently discovered a vast network of 417 ancient Mayan cities in a remote jungle in Guatemala. They believe that these cities, interconnected by miles of highways, are nearly 3,000 […]

The First Recorded Kiss!

The first recorded kiss of humanity had reportedly taken place in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Oxford recently published an article […]

Links Across Civilisations!

The recent discovery of a statue of Lord Buddha (born Siddhartha Gautama; BCE 563/480 - BCE 483/400), the revenant ascetic who founded Buddhism, in Egypt has pointed to deep civilisational links […]

They Laboured…

There are thousands of mysteries surrounding the pyramids, and one of them is Who built the pyramids? In 2010, researchers discovered the tombs of the workers who had built the […]

‘The CIA Killed JFK’

In the nearly 60 years since the assassination of 35th US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), there have been many who pointed an accusing […]