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THE CAPITULATION OF GRANADA BY FRANCISCO PRADILLA ORTIZ, 1882: MUHAMMAD XII SURRENDERS TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
THE CAPITULATION OF GRANADA BY FRANCISCO PRADILLA ORTIZ, 1882: MUHAMMAD XII SURRENDERS TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
An international team has successfully recovered ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from approximately 1400 BCE to 400 CE, including the first genome-wide nuclear data, establishing ancient Egyptian mummies as a reliable of ancient DNA. The study fo
The Capital Museum is holding a show on major archaeological discoveries in China, Wang Kaihao reports.
This month, one of the world’s best preserved prehistoric sites — a 6,000-year-old underground burial chamber on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta — reopened to the public.
Sixty one years have passed, but Sun Xianbao well remembers exactly what he saw aftersqueezing himself through the narrow opening between two giant stone panels, panels that formthe gate to the burial chamber of Emperor Wanli (1563-1620).
MOST OF THE FORTS IN INDIA ARE ACTUALLY CASTLES, FORTIFIED PALACES OR FORTRESSES, BUT WHEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA WERE CATALOGUING THE DEFENCES IN THE 17TH–19TH CENTURY, THEY USED THE WORD FORTS WHICH BECAME THE COMMON DESCRIPTION ACROSS INDIA.
What looked like a hunk of corroded metal lying at the bottom of the Aegean Sea near the Greek island of Antikythera turned out to be a piece of a mysterious astronomical calculator. That was 115 years ago, on May 17, 1902, when archaeologist Valerios Sta
There has been much debate about the purpose of these artworks, known as Nilotic landscapes.
“FORGET DEATH AND SEEK LIFE!” WITH THESE ENCOURAGING WORDS, GILGAMESH, THE STAR OF THE EPONYMOUS 4000-YEAR-OLD EPIC POEM, COINS THE WORLD’S FIRST HEROIC CATCHPHRASE.
About two thousand years ago, fifty thousand people filled theColosseumin Rome to participate in one of the most fascinating and violent events to ever take place in the ancient world. Gladiator fights were the phenomenon of their day – a celebration of c
Italian researchers are about to reveal whether a volcanic lake in central Italy hides one of the legendary "orgy ships" of Roman Emperor Caligula. If successful, the archaeological feat would produce one of the most extraordinary discoveries
Quanzhou in east China's Fujian Province was the country's major port for foreign tradeduring the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368).
Silk Road stories told by Chinese President Xi Jinping
Wang Jianxin knows the ancient Silk Road like the back of hishand. He has visited hundreds of sites along the routes in the past twenty years andbelieves he is almost ready to lay bare the secrets of the Greater Yuezhi, an ancientnomadic kingdom.
A mongoose on a leash, a colorful pelican and various bats are just a few of the rare animal drawings revealed in a new survey of a group of 4,000-year-old tombs in Egypt.