Every year UNESCO and other International organisations celebrate World Heritage Week in November. This year the world celebrates World Heritage Week from November 19 to November 25, 2023. The Archaeological…
Several large business corporations have approached the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) about supporting monuments through its Adopt A Heritage 2.0 programme. ASI will finalise the adopters after studying detailed…
The Indian government is increasing efforts to promote and preserve intangible heritage. A new venture undertaken is to revive the marine heritage of India. In July, the Ministry of Culture…
Last year archaeologists discovered a distressing grave of a female vampire in Poland. Now they have uncovered another child vampire’s grave close to the previous one. The child was found…
Globally native communities are witnessing the decline of their local languages and scripts. A Buddhist monastery in Assam has taken it upon itself to preserve the history, culture, and identity…
On July 26, a new convention centre was inaugurated called Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The new convention centre replaced the old Modernist building, the Hall of Nations,…
The Ministry of Culture is set to complete the 3D digitalisation of ten national museums by the end of the year. The database will be accessible through one portal. The…
As tourism is blooming post the pandemic, churches in South Europe are receiving a high amount of visitors each day. This comes at odd with the mass-goers of the church.…
Vandalism of heritage sites is a common occurrence in India. Are there any consequences for vandalising built heritage in India? In June, a British tourist was caught on video carving…
The Indian consulate in NYC held a repatriation ceremony to return 105 trafficked antiquities to India. In recent years, India has increased its efforts to retrieve stolen artefacts from other…