This 4,400-year-old tomb at Saqqara was constructed for a "divine inspector" named "Wahtye."Credit: Photo courtesy Egyptian Ministry of AntiquitiesA 4,400-year-old tomb constructed for a "divine inspector" named "Wahtye&
Thessaloniki’s Panagia ton Chalkeon (the Virgin Mary of Chalki) church is from the 11th century. Photo by wikipediaAn agreement called “The Charter for the Protection of theByzantineHeritage Monuments” wasunanimouslyratified this weekend after a three-day
Zhangzhuang Ancient Cemetery was located in Haizhou District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. Mar., 2018, Lianyungang City Museum conducted salvage excavation, and 36 tombs was excavated, among which 6 belong to Western Han Dynasty, 11 belonged to Eas
An aeriel view of the Lushanmao historic relics site in the Baota district of Yan'an city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province.Archaeologists said the Lushanmao historic relics site in the Baota district of Yan'an city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province,
(Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, via Wikimedia Commons)OSAKA, JAPAN—The Mainichireports that an investigation of Daisen Kofun, a large, keyhole-shaped burial mound on the island of Honshu, has revealed that one of the dykes surroun
Parts of the replicas rely on ‘respectable guesstimate’ of what the original looked like
Jewellery and grooming items found during summer excavation in Lincolnshire
In 1974, Chinese peasants who were digging a well, suddenly stumbled upon fragments of some kind of ceramics, and then on the shoulders of a statue of baked clay. The peasants reacted to the find as befits a well-educated people, which they really were no
The remains of residential buildings found at Tenea date between roughly 300 B.C. and A.D. 400.Credit: Photo courtesy Greek Ministry of CultureArchaeologists have uncovered portions of the ancient Greek city of Tenea, whose residents claimed they were pri
A 2,100-year-old pit containing a mini "Terracotta Army" has been discovered in China.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsInside a 2,100-year-old pit in China, archaeologists have discovered a miniature army of sorts: carefully arrange
The International Training Seminar on the Management and Nomination for World Heritage of the Silk Roads successfully completed in Xi'an by IICC-X.
The Workshop on the South Asian Silk Roads Serial and Transnational World Heritage Nomination Process Held in Xi’an
The Tibetan Buddhism heritage site Potala Palace is known for its shining gold-plated roof, which has just undergone major repair and polishing in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. The face-lift took about a year and a half with
A hoof-shaped ingot, gold cakes, a jade seal and a jade pendant are unearthed from the Haihunhou tomb. An ancient cemetery housing the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun, whose excavation was among the most significant archaeological work in China in recent ye
A bronze pot containing the liquid is unearthed from the a Western Han Dynasty (202 BC to AD 8) tomb in Luoyang city, Henan province, Nov 5, 2018. Archaeologists in Central China's Henan province on Tuesday poured liquid out of a bronze pot unearthed from
