Ancient

“Roots of Indian Architecture”

“Roots of Indian Architecture”

by Ashish Nangia via “Little India”

“The present Indian civilization, culturally speaking, can be traced back to early Harappan, Buddhist and Gupta age roots, when the foundations of Indian culture were laid. However, few recognize that many core Indian architectural forms also took shape during this era as well.

Some of the architectural transitions from the Buddhist to the Gupta age were deciphered by British colonial archaeologists and historians in the 19th century by decoding and preserving manuscripts, artifacts and structures from ancient India.

The Buddha preached and laid the foundations for . . . . “

“Cooperating to Preserve Jordan’s Rich Cultural Heritage”

“Cooperating to Preserve Jordan’s Rich Cultural Heritage”

“Small-scale income-generating research projects in the field of antiquities should be established in Jordan, the final conference of the EU-funded JOCHERA project has heard. This will help achieve future research goals shared by European and Jordanian universities and research centres.

Conference participants also stressed the need to establish working relationships between research centres, and to carry on working . . . “

“Nigerian Archaeologists Protest German Exhibition of Looted Art”

“Nigerian Archaeologists Protest German Exhibition of Looted Art”

By Zacharys Anger Gundu via “All Africa”

“The Archaeological Association of Nigeria (Aan) presents a statement on the recent German Nok exhibition in Frankfurt. They accuse the German curators of academic colonization of archaeology for failing to agree to the exhibition first being hosted on Nigerian soil and for several other breaches concerning the heritage of Nigeria. Following years of controversial archaeological investigations in parts of the Nok valley by German scholars led by . . . .”

Additional Sources

Amulet of Thoth

Amulet of Thoth (in form of an Ibis) and Maat

(Egyptian Ptolemaic period 305–30 BC).

Part of the St. Louis Art Museum Ancient Art Collection since 1940.

“German Museum Wants Holocaust Survivor to Return Ancient Gold Tablet”