Excavation  

The Sultanganj Buddha, now in Birmingham Museum, exemplifies Gupta art. It was found in 1862 during railway excavation work  

Archaeologist KK Muhammed spoke elaborately and gave details of the findings during excavation of the contentious Ram Mandir site. He said there was a Ram Mandir before the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Here is the proof.

The Sri Lankan court ordered advanced excavation of private land in search of treasure. It is suspected that the LTTE buried gold in the plot after the war ended in 2009

Human bone fragments, pieces of LTTE uniforms found at Vellamullivaikal beach in Mullaitivu in Sri Lanka. Excavations are being done under the leadership of the judicial medical officer of Jaffna Hospital.

The smell of gunpowder from a closed but abandoned well at Shivamogga district in Karnataka led to the finding of more than 1,000 corroded rockets.