An international team of researchers has identified hundreds of proteins in skin and muscle samples from 4,200-year-old Egyptian mummies, finding signs of diseases that may have caused their death.
Likely from the Okunev culture, might this mysterious ancient figurine with the angry face be a children's 'rattle', to ward off evil spirits?
The main way of cultural exchange between east and west before Zhang Qian’s going to Xiyu was through Eurasian grassland. While after his mission to Xiyu, the silk road in general was open. Although it is quite famous, it has long remained unclear what th
Chang, born in a Tibetan temple in Dunhuang, says a kind of Dunhuang gene runs inhis blood. Against all odds, he sticks to his will, he says, which reminds him ofhis father Chang Shuhong.
Cybele, a goddess revered by ancient civilizations in Turkey, has made a striking comeback in the country as a newly unearthed statue dedicated to her has attracted large crowds.Local authorities said some 10,000 people visited the Kurul Citadel in the Bl
Two decades ago, construction workers discovered a cache while digging a foundation for a school in Qingzhou city in East China's Shandong province. Then, archaeologists found it belonged to a relic site of the Longxing Temple that was built around the fi
The Lilao site was excavated from 2015 September, to 2016 January by the archaeological team from the Guangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. The excavation covered an area of some 600 square meters. Pits, ditches and burials were
When someone in Bronze Age Denmark quickly disposed of a burnt pot, they unintentionally provided archaeologists with a unique find.
The Canaanites were people who lived in the land of Canaan, an area which according to ancient texts may have included parts of modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
Archaeologists are busy unearthing the traces of three thousand years of activity at Silkeborg, west Denmark.
Dapingding site, situated in Minhou county Fujian Province, is an important site of Tanshishan Culture and Huangguashan Culture.
According to Tibetan historical materials, the eulogy by Nag-tsho Lo-tsa-ba Tshul-khrims-rgyal-ba to Atisa, the Bangladeshi eminent monk and one of the forefathers of Tibetan Buddhism, described the birth place of Atisa – Vikrampura.
The cave consists of several connected spaces and the textiles were discovered in only one of these, assumed to be a storage area.
In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economical—unlike stone suitable for carving—clay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and expressiveness.
An ancient tablet recently unearthed in Tuscany has revealed its first secret: the engraved name of a goddess linked to fertility.
