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A 12-member South Korean team of archaeologists has discovered more than 200 remains, including one stupa of the Buddha civilisation here in Jaulian near Taxila. The Jaulian monastery is located atop the hill some 300 feet high, about 6 kms north-east of the Taxila Museum. After these remarkable discoveries, the Jaulian-II is confirmed as preceding [...]

The excavations carried out at Mehrgarh have proved that the site represents a highly developed civilization that existed there until around 8,000 years ago, according to a French archaeologist. The mission has been doing exploratory work in Balochistan for nearly three-and-a-half decades. He said that Mehrgarh and its associated sites provided irrevocable evidence of considerable [...]

The book, edited by James Spain, is packed with some interesting historical facts and the authors struggle to help his countrymen attain a respectable position among the comity of free nations by dispelling their conviction that their “fate on earth is predestined to commonplace existence”. He writes: “Nowadays, the Quaid-i-Azam has been raised to the [...]

“They would laugh at my suggestions until the Kabul exhibition was all sold out,” says a confident Arji, a Kabul-based Pakistani ceramist, of her proteges. Arjumand Karim, popularly known as Arji,did her foundation programme in ceramics from St.Martins College of Art in London and went on to graduate from Hunerkada, Islamabad, with a major in [...]

The Punjab Tourism Department has initiated arrangements to set up a restaurant with the ambiance of the Mughal era in the historical building of the Shahi Hamam at Delhi Gate, besides meals, information about the historic Mughal era would also be provided. The department had started restoration work with the cooperation of the federal archaeology [...]

At Asia’s oldest salt mine, the march of technology stopped generations ago. Bare-chested laborers use hand-cranked drills and gunpowder to blast away the pink and orange-colored rock crystal, lucky if they earn a couple of dollars a day. The mineral wealth of Pakistan’s craggy Salt Range has been exploited for centuries by rulers from Alexander [...]

All the rooms and pavilions of the Mohatta Palace Museum buzzed with activity as a major exhibition showcasing the history of Karachi got under way on Wednesday. Organized by the Mohatta Palace Museum in collaboration with the Dawn Group of Newspapers, the 90-day exhibition is titled Jewel in the crown: Karachi under the Raj 1843-1947. [...]

Crocodiles with huge teeth-filled mouths lie in the sand and slap their snouts on the edge of sulphur springs, greeting worshippers who journey to the Mango Pir shrine on the outskirts of Karachi. It is one of thousands of Sufi shrines where millions of devotees come from all corners of the country to pray, chant, [...]

The archaeology department’s preservation and restoration team has discovered eight antiquities consisting fragments including the sculpture of future Buddha, god Indra and his bodyguard dating back to the first century AD. The antiquities had been discovered during the preservation work at the ancient and world famous archaeological site of the Gandhara civilisation locally known as [...]

His name might not have been recorded in history books, but a tiny bit of the Taj Mahal will always belong to Riaz-ud-din, a craftsmen from Pakistan. Belonging to a family that has spent generations cutting tiny pieces of precious stones to make patterns that decorate the walls of Lahore Fort, Red Fort as well [...]