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• In Macao, heritage sites provide a stellar background for games

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

• Updated classic from 2,000-year-old tomb

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 —

• Hangzhou gears up for third Liangzhu Forum

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:

• Hangzhou UNESCO forum discusses new role of museums

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 plain that echoes with legends

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

• Xinjiang's Archaeological Achievements Vividly Illuminate the Historical Scroll of Chinese Civilization

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

• Italian, Pakistani archaeologists make new discoveries at Swat’s Bazira site

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 site

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

• Tang Dynasty exhibition in Paris

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 Region

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

• Temple of history inspires the future

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

• Cultural legacy of the Silk Road: Flow of dialects

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.

• Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered: shining light on North Africa’s role in Mediterranean prehistory

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

• Professor Lord Colin Renfrew – 1937 – 2024

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

• Stunning Tomb Find Sheds New Light on Prehistoric China

The 5,000-year-old burial site suggests that China’s neolithic kingdoms were more sophisticated than previously thought.Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a 5,000-year-old tomb in the central Henan province that is providing startling new insights into

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