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23 Dec

1st Meeting of Steering Committee on Makli Hill Monuments Thatta

MINUTES OF 1ST  MEETING OF STEERING COMMITTEE ON MAKLI HILL MONUMENTS THATTA HELD AT KARACHI.             1st Meeting of Steering Committee on Makli Hill Monuments Thatta was held under the Chairmanship of Director General (Antiquities & Archaeology), Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department on 3rd April, 2018 at 12.00 p.m. in his office, Karachi. Following attended the meeting. 1.      

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23 Dec

First International Conference on Makli, Summery of Presentations

This document is a compilation of summaries of the scholarly presentations made at the First International Conference at Makli in January 2018. The summaries here have been divided into three categories: Archaeologists- Conservators, Historians and Historians of Art and Architecture. Archaeologists- Conservators Dr. Ruth Young Dr. Thomas Lorain Architect Yasmeen Lari Architect Tania Ali Soomro

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23 Dec

1st Meeting Of Steering Committee On Makli Hill Monuments Thatta

MINUTES OF 1ST  MEETING OF STEERING COMMITTEE ON MAKLI HILL MONUMENTS THATTA HELD AT KARACHI.             1st Meeting of Steering Committee on Makli Hill Monuments Thatta was held under the Chairmanship of Director General (Antiquities & Archaeology), Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department on 3rd April, 2018 at 12.00 p.m. in his office, Karachi. Following attended the meeting. 1.      

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23 Dec

The Glorious Quaid E Azam House Museum Was Visited By U.S Consulate General Karachi. On 12th September 2019

The glorious Quaid e azam house museum was visited by U.S Consulate General Karachi. on 12th September 2019. He appreciated the department for better preservation of the Flag staff House Museum karachi. In honor of the 71st anniversary of the death of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, U.S. Consul General Robert Silberstein visited Quaid-e-Azam House, also known

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23 Dec

Conference On Heritage Of Sindh Will Be Held In March 2020 At Hyderabad

Conference on heritage of sindh will be held in March 2020 at Hyderabad.All intrested scholars are requested toregister themselves along with abstract of Research paper. Manzoor Ahmed kanasro , Director Antiquities and Archaeology, Sindh. Madad Ali Sindhi, Coordinatorcell#No- 03232574353.Mail addressdgantiquitiessindh@gmail.com

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23 Dec

Briefing and Demonstration to Cultural Minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah on the virtual reality

3 Documentation and virtual reality of the selected monuments at Makli World Heritage Sites completed and handed over by UNESCO to Directorate of Archaeology and Antiquities Sindh on 12 December 2019. The project implemented in partnership with Directorate of Archaeology and Antiquities, Government of Sindh and Mapalytics. The 3D-documentation undertaken through laser scanning and photogrammetry

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15 Jan

Banbhore, Sindh

The Archaeological Site of Bhanbhore is situated 60 kilometers south-east of Karachi on the bank of Gharo Creek in District Thatto of Sindh province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. HISTORY: Bhanbhore is an early Islamic Archaeological Site which has a sequence from 1st century BC to 13th Century AD. Whilst its earlier phases are waterlogged, the

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15 Jan

16TH Meeting Of Executive Board, NATIONAL FUND FOR MOHENJO DARO

16TH Meeting of Executive Board, NATIONAL FUND FOR MOHENJO DARO, was held on Tuesday, the 17th December 2019, at 1:00 p.m in the committee Room of the office of the Minister for Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Sindh, at Pakistan Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (PITHM), under the Chairmanship, Mr. Syed Sardar Ali Shah,  Minister

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15 Jan

Findings Of Third Week Of February From Chahun-Daro, Benazirabad

Findings of third week of February from Chahun-Daro, Benazirabad, where Pakistani & French Archaeological Mission 2020 is going on. The excavation revealed small miniature pots probably used as toys, some Rattles have been found also, these are decorated with red lines it has pebbles inside the Rattles which make sound by shaking. Different size weights

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15 Jan

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Explain to you how all this mistaken some idea of denouncing pleasure again is there or desires to obtain pain of itself, because great pleasure indignation & dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that

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