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Central Asia
There are no such things as "wild" horses anymore. Research published in Science overturns a long-held assumption that Przewalski's horses, native to the Eurasian steppes, are the last…
In the white dusty plains of northern Afghanistan, archaeologists are seeking to unravel the secrets of one of the oldest mosques in the world, whose structure is still standing after a thousand year…
A golden necklace considered to be the oldest golden jewel in the Caucasus was found in of the most ancient parts of Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan. Credit: AzerNews The necklace was found in an ancient sett…
A joint excavation team from Osaka University and the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences discovered the ruins of a unique monument surrounded by 14 large stone …
Thousands of lost archaeological sites that even today continue to be threatened by the Taliban in Afghanistan, have reportedly been uncovered, thanks to satellite imagery from commercial and spy sat…
The archaeologists claimed to have made new discoveries at Bazira, known in Classic sources as one of the cities besieged by Alexander the Great, in Barikot Swat. Archaeologists at work in Bazira, Ba…
A centuries-old 'sleeping Buddha' statue has been unearthed during excavations near Bhamala Stupa in Haripur district, DawnNews reported on Thursday. Smaller version of the Sleeping Buddha se…
