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Decaying Egyptian mummy to get experts help

Decaying Egyptian mummy to get experts help

Expert assistance from Egypt is finally on its way to conserve an Egyptian mummy dating back to 2,500 BC at a museum in Hyderabad. The mummy, believed to be of Nasihu, daughter of sixth Pharaoh of Egypt, is on display at the Andhra Pradesh State Archaeological Museum since 1930 but is now decaying. A two-member team from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), Egypt, will visit Hyderabad for conservation of the mummy. The department of archaeology and museum of Andhra Pradesh has long been seeking foreign assistance to restore the mummy, one of the six in Indian museums and the only one in South India.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 August 2009 12:49 )

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Gandhi statue finds place in ‘Little India’

Gandhi statue finds place in ‘Little India’

British Home Secretary Alan Johnson will join Hindu spiritual leader Swami Satyamitranand at the unveiling of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the city of Leicester in southeast England Friday, the local MP said on June 24.Keith Vaz, the longest-serving ethnic Indian MP in Britain, said the statue is to be placed in Belgrave Road - home to the city’s thriving Indian business community. The seven-foot statue, sitting on a five-foot plinth, will be only the second statue of India’s independence hero ...

Last Updated ( Thursday, 16 July 2009 15:42 )

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Shimla's British heritage losing sheen

Shimla's British heritage losing sheen

The imperial grandeur of buildings that were once institutions of power when this hill town was the summer capital of British India is slowly fading into oblivion.Some of the monuments and buildings constructed by the British in typical Tudor style  all wooden frames and shingled eaves  have been damaged or refurbished, while others have simply vanished.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 June 2009 13:52 )

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