A General Introduction

Wikipedia defines Archaeology as the study of human activity, through the recovery and analysis of the material cultural and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, bio facts and cultural landscapes.The Oxford Dictionary definition for the same is “the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of physical remains”. Truth is, there is no “actual” definition of this subject. You can define archaeology however you want but I would personally like to define it as the “study of evolution of human society through scientific methods”. It is a vast subject which has many subjects under this category such as building archaeology, forensic archaeology etc. at the same time; it also works hand in hand with other subjects such as anthropology, history etc. In this website, I will try to cover up as much as I can and give latest updates about what happens in the world of archaeology. But I would like to say beforehand that I have a nag for historical buildings so don’t be surprised if I occasionally drift towards that.

This photograph shows what remains today of an entrance to an Egyptian temple.
It was photographed by me.

In this website I will be posting things about what I am going to undertake. I will be visiting different places which may vary from archaeology sites to museums in India and I will be writing about them and take pictures. I am no professional archaeologist, nor do I have a degree of any sort in Archaeology or any subject related to archaeology. I am just a student of Civil Engineering studying in Bengal Engineering and Science University, Howrah, India. I just have a passion towards archaeology and I hope to share this passion with all other people enthusiastic about archaeology. I will be using a few resources from civil engineering which by the way is the second oldest engineering branch in the world after military engineering being the first. It can be dated all the way to the age of the pharaoh. I have traveled to many places around the world and have seen many heritage spots and I will be writing about them progressively but for now, since I am currently residing in India, I would like to focus on the heritage sites in India and there are plenty of them here to choose from. Other than that, I will be giving my views on different theories that are published on the World Wide Web. I am looking forward to making new friends in this journey and you are always welcome to help me out as I will require all your support for this. I will be making new posts soon.