In the dim corridors of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where New Kingdom pharaohs were buried more than three millennia ago, visitors have long left their marks. Predominant among the graffiti are Greek ...

These findings, presented at a Chennai conference, rewrite our understanding of ancient trade routes and suggest multilingualism among these traders. Photo: X Researchers have discovered about 30 ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

Among the inscriptions found in six rock-cut tombs, 20 are in Tamili and the remaining 10 are in Sanskrit and Prakrit, implying that people from several regions of the Indian subcontinent were ...

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 2016 to 2022 full list: The Tamil Nadu government has announced the State Film Awards for the years 2016 to 2022, recognising excellence in cinema and television. Among ...

The upcoming Tamil Nadu elections will give a decisive mandate, veteran journalist N Ram has asserted, ruling out any possibility of a hung assembly or power-sharing. The director at The Hindu ...

With only a few months to go for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), led by T.T.V. Dhinakaran, on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) rejoined the National Democratic ...

Bigg Boss Tamil 9 Finale Date, Timing, Finalists: Bigg Boss Tamil Season 9 is all set to conclude with a spectacular grand finale this weekend. After nearly 15 weeks of drama, entertainment, intense ...

Not everyone can declare themselves “benevolent dictator for life” of a company, but such was the nature of Guido van Rossum, the Dutch programmer who invented an entire programming language from ...

With 2025 coming to an end in a few hours, let’s take a look back at the best Tamil films of this year which has made a mark. Even as 2025 was particularly not a great year, it still witnessed some ...

Abstract: Due to the uncertain, diverse, and light-attenuating characteristics of the underwater environment, underwater images have low contrast and unclear problems. This paper proposes a histogram ...