Hyderabad, April 5 -- Dr Akshyeta Suryanarayan, an Indian researcher from Delhi, has been named one of the eight recipients of the 2024 Zayed National Museum Research Fund.

She is a Gerald Averay Wainwright Postdoctoral Fellow at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. Her awarded project, Understanding Long-Term Vessel Use in South-Eastern Arabia Through Organic Residue Analysis, explores ancient cultural practices in the region and offers new insights into the UAE's archaeological heritage.

The announcement was made on Thursday, 3 April. This year, the 1 million Dirham fund was granted to eight researchers from a pool of 79 applicants representing countries including the United Arab Emirates(UAE), ...