Then and now

RITA ANAND explores how a megacity civilisation of Central American Indians Had survived on natural resource management, and what needs to be …

Elementary order

How did elements come to be tabulated according to their properties?

Historical signs

There is a big discord between the past as it was and as it is constructed in the history of a nation: GN Devy

Down To Earth speaks to scholar, linguist and activist about his latest book on the ‘histories’ of Indians

Unforbidden city

Did Ardi walk for sex?

Are we getting hasty in ascribing gender roles to our oldest ancestor

Historic revival

The platter and the war

Book>> An Edible History of Humanity • by Tom Standage • Atlantic books • Rs 750

Lincoln’s fake Facebook

Social Network>> History • The US

Earliest jigsaw

85 years after it was discovered, few of the critical questions about the Indus Valley civilization are answered. The script they used is yet to …

Relevance of history

History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we …

Europe is ancient

Chasing Mercury

Of all the planets in our solar system, Mercury has been the most elusive -- it took astronomers almost 14 centuries to predict its orbit …

Not a blade of grass

...although the now bald pate of Iceland was once resplendent with grass and verdant willow, rowan and birch forests

Spells of sleep

Humans did not always sleep eight hours

Oversight?

Book>> Folklore • Azerbaijan

World will live on

Calendar>> Mayans • Guatemala

Unknown mentor

Statue>> Protests • Russia

History burnt

History>> Fire • Egypt

It’s about freedom

Museum>> Sex • Moscow

Van Gogh’s changing colours

Art>> Ultraviolet Rays • The Netherlands

Living paint

Rock Art>> Bacteria ÔÇó Australia

19th century Indian diet: rice fights wheat

The question of what constituted a balanced Indian diet had the British totally confused

Pure and sure

Poster language