• 泉州：宋元中国的世界海洋商贸中心
走进宋元时期的“东方第一大港”图源@游走旅行的摄影人泉州古称“刺桐”。10-14世纪，泉州在繁荣的国际海洋贸易中蓬勃发展，成为各国商旅云集、多元文化交融的“东方第一大港”。图源@影像视觉杨“泉州：宋元中国的世界海洋商贸中心”由22处代表性古迹遗址及其关联环境和空间构成。22处代表性古迹遗址包括：九日山祈风石刻、市舶司遗址、德济门遗址、天后 ...
走进宋元时期的“东方第一大港”图源@游走旅行的摄影人泉州古称“刺桐”。10-14世纪，泉州在繁荣的国际海洋贸易中蓬勃发展，成为各国商旅云集、多元文化交融的“东方第一大港”。图源@影像视觉杨“泉州：宋元中国的世界海洋商贸中心”由22处代表性古迹遗址及其关联环境和空间构成。22处代表性古迹遗址包括：九日山祈风石刻、市舶司遗址、德济门遗址、天后 ...
Chamber pot of the 5th century CE from the Roman villa at Gerace, Sicily (Italy).Image credit:Roger WilsonResearch published today in theJournal of Archaeological Science: Reportsreveals how archaeologists can determine when a pot was used by Romans as a
Changes in Western European burial practices spread rapidly during the 6th - 8th centuries AD, providing strong evidence that early Medieval Europe was a well-connected place with a shared culture.
For the first time, archaeologists have succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR), allowing them to reveal astonishing details while it remains deep underground. The technology could r
This is a geological amber sample from Cuchía, analysed as part of the study.Credit: M. Murillo-Barroso and Alvaro Fernandez FloresAmber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as raw materials for the m
Above are 64 metal samples of using variable copper-tin-arsenic compositions created to use in the study.Credit: M. RadivojevicWhile studies of ancient gold metallurgy and the colour characteristics of gold alloys are well supported by modern research, th
Textiles represent one of the earliest human craft technologies and applied arts, and their production would have been one of the most important time, resource and labour consuming activities in the ancient past.
THE CAPITULATION OF GRANADA BY FRANCISCO PRADILLA ORTIZ, 1882: MUHAMMAD XII SURRENDERS TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
reports that Susanne Hakenbeck of the University of Cambridge analyzed the bones and teeth of some 200 people, buried in five different cemeteries in the Roman frontier region of Pannonia, in order to find out where they had been born and what sort of lif
New archaeological analysis suggests people of Western Roman Empire switched between Hunnic nomadism and settled farming over a lifetime. Findings may be evidence of tribal encroachment that undermined Roman Empire during 5th century AD, contributing to i