ByNagima AbuovainEditor’s Picks,Internationalon20 July 2025Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative UNESCO World Heritage sites. This edition features the Volga-Caspian Corrid
By LU WANQING and STACY SHI in Macao | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2025-11-18 07:55Tourists take photos in front of a countdown installation for the 15th National Games on Nov 6 at the Ruins of Saint Paul's in the Macao Special Administrative Region. ZHENG JIA
By ZHAO RUINAN in Nanchang | China Daily | Updated: 2025-11-18 06:59Archaeologists restore bamboo slips unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, in Jiangxi province.On a quiet autumn morning in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, a set of bamboo slips —
By Yang Xiaoyu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-10-14 15:01A poster promoting the third Liangzhu Forum The third Liangzhu Forum is set to open in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Saturday, under the theme of “Revitalization of Civilization:
Attendees to the Third UNESCO High-Level Forum for Museums, held from Wednesday to Friday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, visit the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City and the Liangzhu Museum.Lush expanses of purple azaleas blooming on the outskirts of
A bird's-eye view of the Wangjiazui area of Zhouyuan Site, in Baoji, Shaanxi province, with the No 1 building (left) dating back over 3,000 years.New discoveries at the Zhouyuan Site in Shaanxi province shed light on key period in early formation of China
Recently, the "Xinjiang Archaeological Work Report Meeting 2024", hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism and the Bureau of Cultural Relics of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and organized by the Institute of Archaeology of the Xin
SWAT: Italian and Pakistani archaeologists have uncovered ruins from three ancient civilisations at Bazira (Barikot) heritage site in Swat. These discoveries, spanning the Indo-Greek, Shahi and Ghaznavid periods, mark a significant milestone for heritage
Archaeologists discover prized artefacts at Swat's Butkara siteSWAT: A joint team of Italian and Pakistani archaeologists, along with students of Pakistani universities, has discovered a treasure trove of ancient artefacts including coins, utensils and sc
Cosmopolitan eraTang Dynasty exhibition in Parishighlights 'different but beautiful' historyA set of polychrome female musician and dancer figurines from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) Photo: Courtesy of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and
Completion of the Workshop on Preliminary Assessment Requests for National Focal Points from the Asia RegionOn 21-22 October 2024, a workshop on Preliminary Assessment Requests for National Focal Points from the Asia region took place in Chengdu, China. T
By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2024-06-11 06:43The seven painted clay Buddhist statues, a rare format, at Mahavira Hall, Fengguo Temple in Jinzhou, Liaoning province.Structure sees its growing appeal attracting increasing numbers of visitors, Wang Ru
Professor Xi Huidong points out that besides food, language also traveled along the ancient Silk Road routes. He takes the Shaanxi dialect " kelimacha" as an example.
A multi-disciplinary archaeological survey at the site of Oued Beht, Morocco, has revealed a previously unknown 3400–2900 BC farming society. This is the earliest and largest agricultural complex yet found in Africa beyond the Nile and shares similar feat
Submitted byLydia Cloughon Mon, 25/11/2024 - 11:17.The Department of Archaeology and McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge mourn the death and celebrate the extraordinary life of Professor Colin Renfrew, Lord Renfre
