Medieval India’s Muslim rulers introduced the tradition of cooking flour, semolina, rice flour or gram flour with sugar, ghee ...

Discover the cultural and spiritual significance behind this unique Bengali tradition. Listen to Story Saraswati Puja is a revered festival for Bengalis dedicated to Goddess Saraswati Gota Sheddho, a ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

Many of those in the small Muslim elite were Urdu-speaking Muslims who did not think of themselves as or call themselves ‘Bengalis’. They usually did not speak Bengali and did not identify with the ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The Indian jujube or ber holds a special significance during Basant Panchami celebrations as they are offered to goddess Saraswati during Saraswati Puja. This antioxidant-rich fruit also holds a ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

It, however, blames the Awami League for three things. First, its leaders allegedly incited Bengalis against their own “political Mir Jafars and parasites” and “exploiters and dacoits” from West ...

This flexible degree programme with three different routes offers the opportunity to develop expertise in one or more ancient languages, from Ancient Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Hittite, Akkadian or ...