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Al Jassasiya: The Qatar's Largest Rock Art Site Which Has 900 Ancient Carvings
The carvings, mostly enigmatic cup marks arranged in various patterns, also feature sailing ships, symbols and signs.
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Amazon River Drought Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Human Faces Sculpted In Stone
Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region's worst drought in more than a century.
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NASA Rover Spots Strange Rock Formation On Mars, Sets Internet Abuzz
One of the most recent images captured by National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA's) Curiosity rover on Mars shows an unusual structure in the rocks that looks like a neatly carved out doorway nestled on the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Shows What Looks Like an Alien Door on the Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity rover is finding some sneaky details on the planet. Curiosity keeps sending images from Mars to scientists on Earth. The current shots show a rather curious detail in the rocky terrains of the planet. From the photos, it seems like Curiosity stumbled upon a perfectly carved door among the Martian rocks.
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PM Modi-President Xi's Seaside Summit Aims To Reset China-India Ties
Ancient temples carved into massive rock faces along the ocean will form the backdrop to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's informal talks aimed at resetting ties strained by border disputes and trade tensions.
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Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
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PM Modi First Wanted Statue Of Unity To Be Carved Out Of A Rock
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated an imposing 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel here and said the world's tallest monument will serve as a reminder about his courage to thwart conspiracy to disintegrate India.
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4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummies Were Thought To Be Brothers. Genetics Tells A Different Story.
Long ago, Egyptians carved a cemetery into a rock wall along the Nile River 250 miles south of Cairo. The cemetery outlasted its 12th Dynasty creators. It survived intermittent pillaging by tomb raiders. And then in 1907, an excavator named Erfai discovered an untouched tomb. This was an unusual burial site. Within the tomb lay two high-society men...
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Australia Gallery Returns 2 Sculptures To India
Australia's prestigious art gallery today returned to India two sculptures, including a third century rock carving, worth USD 840,000 bought from an illegal Indian art dealer in 2005.
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108-Ft Tall Jain Teerthankar Idol Enters 'Guinness Records'
A 108-feet tall idol of Lord Rishabhdeva, the first Teerthankar of Jains, carved out of a single rock, has entered the "Guinness World Records" as the world's tallest Jain statue.
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Palash Sen: Trying To Carve A Niche for Myself in the Industry
The frontman and founder of rock band Euphoria, Palash, is back after a long gap for a project where his involvement is not just limited to music but also extended to acting
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Buddhist statue taken by Nazis came from space rock
A thousand-year-old Buddhist statue taken from Tibet in 1938 by an SS team seeking the roots of Hitler's Aryan doctrine was carved from a meteorite, scientists reported on Wednesday.
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Buddha attacked by Taliban gets a facelift in Pakistan
When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to come to the rescue. Thanks to the efforts of Luca Olivieri and his partners, the 6-meter (nearly 20-foot)-tall image near the town of Jahanabad is getting a facelift, and ...
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Al Jassasiya: The Qatar's Largest Rock Art Site Which Has 900 Ancient Carvings
The carvings, mostly enigmatic cup marks arranged in various patterns, also feature sailing ships, symbols and signs.
-
Amazon River Drought Reveals 2,000-Year-Old Human Faces Sculpted In Stone
Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region's worst drought in more than a century.
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NASA Rover Spots Strange Rock Formation On Mars, Sets Internet Abuzz
One of the most recent images captured by National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA's) Curiosity rover on Mars shows an unusual structure in the rocks that looks like a neatly carved out doorway nestled on the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Shows What Looks Like an Alien Door on the Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity rover is finding some sneaky details on the planet. Curiosity keeps sending images from Mars to scientists on Earth. The current shots show a rather curious detail in the rocky terrains of the planet. From the photos, it seems like Curiosity stumbled upon a perfectly carved door among the Martian rocks.
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PM Modi-President Xi's Seaside Summit Aims To Reset China-India Ties
Ancient temples carved into massive rock faces along the ocean will form the backdrop to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's informal talks aimed at resetting ties strained by border disputes and trade tensions.
-
Fossils Show World-Wide Catastrophe On The Day Dinosaurs Died
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into a shallow sea near Mexico. The impact carved out a 90-mile-wide crater and flung mountains of earth into space. Earthbound debris fell to the planet in droplets of molten rock and glass.
-
PM Modi First Wanted Statue Of Unity To Be Carved Out Of A Rock
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated an imposing 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel here and said the world's tallest monument will serve as a reminder about his courage to thwart conspiracy to disintegrate India.
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4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummies Were Thought To Be Brothers. Genetics Tells A Different Story.
Long ago, Egyptians carved a cemetery into a rock wall along the Nile River 250 miles south of Cairo. The cemetery outlasted its 12th Dynasty creators. It survived intermittent pillaging by tomb raiders. And then in 1907, an excavator named Erfai discovered an untouched tomb. This was an unusual burial site. Within the tomb lay two high-society men...
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Australia Gallery Returns 2 Sculptures To India
Australia's prestigious art gallery today returned to India two sculptures, including a third century rock carving, worth USD 840,000 bought from an illegal Indian art dealer in 2005.
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108-Ft Tall Jain Teerthankar Idol Enters 'Guinness Records'
A 108-feet tall idol of Lord Rishabhdeva, the first Teerthankar of Jains, carved out of a single rock, has entered the "Guinness World Records" as the world's tallest Jain statue.
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Palash Sen: Trying To Carve A Niche for Myself in the Industry
The frontman and founder of rock band Euphoria, Palash, is back after a long gap for a project where his involvement is not just limited to music but also extended to acting
-
Buddhist statue taken by Nazis came from space rock
A thousand-year-old Buddhist statue taken from Tibet in 1938 by an SS team seeking the roots of Hitler's Aryan doctrine was carved from a meteorite, scientists reported on Wednesday.
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Buddha attacked by Taliban gets a facelift in Pakistan
When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to come to the rescue. Thanks to the efforts of Luca Olivieri and his partners, the 6-meter (nearly 20-foot)-tall image near the town of Jahanabad is getting a facelift, and ...
