Binat Bibi Mosque: 568 year old mosque in Dhaka
At least three locations in the Bengal region – Chandraketugarh in West Bengal, Wari-Bateshwar north-east of Dhaka, and Mahasthangarh in Bogura – have found coins dated to approximately the same period or even older. These coins resembled those issued by the Maurya royal dynasty of Magadha, but were independent. There were four symbols instead of […]
While only 17 people caught shrimp this way in 2013, 200 people now go out into the waves at the right time of year on horseback, dragging shrimp nets behind them, says Otton. Indonesia says inscription on the UNESCO list of the noken, a knotted or woven bag made by Papua people to carry everyday […]
Though many archaeological sites have been destroyed in our country, Baliyati Zamindar Bari (palace) is still proudly announcing its presence. The palace was built 200 years ago on 5.88 acres of land in Baliyati village of Saturia Upazila in Manikganj district. The palace was inaugurated in about 1790. The seven buildings of the palace have […]
Yekuteli, the Israeli archaeologist, said “the most surprising thing” was that no one had written about the buried objects, and they were only discovered when excavations began. While Jewish tradition dictates that such texts are never destroyed, it is unusual to bury them at such sites. Artifacts discovered and carefully cataloged by the team include […]
