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Tutai Chaukundi / Baluch Tombs
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=70513
From Pakistan News, The chivalrous Kalmatis have no written history and the major evidences of their tribal activity is reflected through their graves in these sort of graveyards.
Temple at Katas Satg, Hara Temple
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=57726
From PakTribune, main group of old temples, called Satghara, is located on a higher flat land west of the once-sacred pool of natural springs whereas all along the northern and eastern sides, but across the modem metal led road, there is a series of two groups of minor temples, shrines and rock-cut chilla-ghah of Sadhus.
Rockcarvings and Inscriptions Along the Indus: the Buddhist Tradition
http://www.thewalt.de/reprints/saa83.htm
1983 article by Volker Thewalt and presented at South Asian Archaeology 1983.
Rock Carvings and Inscriptions Along the Karakorum Highway
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~u71/kara/welcome.html
After the construction of the Karakorum Highway, thousands of petroglyphs were discovered. Includes: an introduction, publications, bibliography, images, and links.
Light Shining From a Dark Age?
http://www.brad.ac.uk/university/newsandviews/96-10/archsci.html
From the University of Bradford published News and Views, a report on excavations by Robin Coningham, Taj Ali, Mukhtar Ali Durrani, and Ihsan Ali have cast new light on this enigmatic site.
Kashmir Discovery
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=305359
From outlookindia, excavators have stumbled into the remains of a bustling ancient urban settlement in Anantnag District with tiled pavements "stamped in colourful human and animal motifs" and incriptions in the now defunct Karoshti script.
First City Site Unearthed Properly at Hazara
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_2-4-2004_pg7_23
From Daily Times, Dr Saifur Rehman Dar, an archaeologist and former director of the Lahore Museum gave a presentation on the process he and his team went through in unearthing a city at Hazara.
Daily Star - Archaeological Sites in Disarray
http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/04/06/d40406011313.htm
Articles stating that archaeological sites are poorly maintained as the Department of Archaeology under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs due to a funding crisis and manpower shortage.
BBC News - Tourists Injured in Pakistan Blast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/2126786.stm
Nine foreigners are injured in a grenade attack while visiting an archaeological site in northern Pakistan.
BBC News - Pakistan Rescues Ancient Buddhist Statues
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1815263.stm
Officials in Pakistan say that ancient statues, worth millions of dollars, have been seized as they were being smuggled abroad.