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A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

While ancient Romans were capable of actively affecting the climate, we're far better at it than they were — and that should ...

Samvad, as a civilisational dialogue, offers a fresh opportunity to deliberate and shape the essence and spirit of the Asian ...

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A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study.

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The Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department is planning extensive excavations at Korkai, the ancient port city of the Pandyan ...