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• Buddhist grotto relics found in NW China

XI'AN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists recently discovered Buddhist grotto relics dating back to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in the northern part of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.The discovery was made at a site in Suide county, which falls under the

• 350 Greek antiques exhibited at Palace Museum

Around 350 ancient Greek antiques are exhibited at Beijing's Palace Museum. Around 350 ancient Greek antiques have been put on exhibition at Beijing's Palace Museum (the Forbidden City)."The Antikythera Shipwreck" exhibition features antiques th

• Palace Museum enters bilateral agreement with Syrian culture ministry

The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, signed agreement with the Syrian ministry of culture on Tuesday to kick off a series projects — which will include joint exhibitions and public education initiatives — to be brought about thr

• Hellenistic Helmet Safety

(Courtesy of the Institute of Archaeology/Russian Academy of Sciences)Bronze Corinthian helmet, Taman PeninsulaArchaeologists have discovereda bronze Corinthian helmet in the burial of several fifth-century B.C. Greek warriors in southwestern Russia. This

• Roman road, artifacts found during digging for a new motorway

Photo: Zuid Holland provinceA 125 metre stretch of Roman road has been uncovered in the province of Zuid-Holland during excavations carried out in preparation for work on the Rijnland Route motorwaywhich will link the seaside resort of Katwijk to Leiden.

• Roman-era home discovered near Giza's Mit Rahina

The remains of the buildingAn Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a huge edifice with several corridors and four entrancesduring excavation work carried out in Hod El-Demerdash, 400 metres to the south of Mit Rahina Museum in Giza.Mostafa Waziri

• The second and third seasons of lecture series on "Wind from the Silk Roads:The Silk Roads in Central Asian Experts Eyes” successfully held

Thesecondandthirdseasonsoflectureserieson"Windfrom theSilkRoads:TheSilkRoadsinCentralAsianExpertsEyes" jointlyorganizedbyIICC-X,SchoolofCulturalHeritageofNorth- westUniversity,SchoolofHistoryandCultureofShaanxiNormal UniversityandDunhuangInstitu

• IICC-X organized the field investigation of SACH in Kazakhstan

OnJune9-10,2018,SongXinСhao,DeputyDirectoroftheStateAdminis- trationofCulturalHeritage,YanYaLin,DeputyDirectorofConservation DepartmentoftheStateAdministrationofCulturalHeritage,TongWei, DirectorofthePersonnelDepartmentoftheStateAdministrationofCultural H

• "Embracing the Orient and the Occident- When the Silk Road Meets the Renaissance" Exhibition Opens in National Museum of China

“EmbracingtheOrientandtheOccident-Whenthe Silk Road meets the Renaissance” exhibition openedattheNationalMuseumofChinaonJune9. TheexhibitionwasJointlyorganizedbytheNational MuseumofChinaandtheHunanProvincial Museum,thisexhibitionintegratestheculturalrelic

• Chinese Remote Sensing Experts Discovered Oversea Silk Road Sites for the First Time

OnApril19,2018,theInstituteofRemoteSensingand DigitalEarthoftheChineseAcademyofSciences announcedthatthespacearchaeologicalresearchteam ledbyWangXinyuan,viaspacearchaeologicaltech- niques and methods, in conjunction with scientistsfrom Tunisia,ItalyandPak

• China National Silk Museum Successfully Replicated the “Five-star Brocade” with a Restored Han Dynasty Loom

With the restored Western Han Dynasty jacquard machine unearthedfromtheLaoguanshanHanDynastyTombinChengdu, ChinaNationalSilkMuseumsuccessfullyreplicatedthe“Five-star appearedintheEastbenefitChina”brocadeoftheHanDynasty,a nationalfirstgradeculturalrelicsun

• China-Saudi Arabia Cooperation on Archaeology at the coast of the Red Sea

Inordertoimplementtheinter-governmentalagreementbetweenChinaandSaudiArabiaandtopromotetheculturalexchanges betweennationsalongtheMaritimeSilkRoad,China-Saudi ArabiaJointArchaeologicalTeam,whichcombinedwithChinaStateAdministrationofCulturalHeritageUnderwat

• Five China Northwestern Provinces and Regions Jointly Established the "Silk Roads Cultural Heritage Protection Craftsman

On the “Cultural and Natural Heritage Day” 9th, June, 2018, the “Silk Roads Cultural Heritage Protection Craftsmanship Alliance” was established in Hancheng, Shaanxi province.Aftercommunicationanddiscussion,theAdministrationsofCul- turalHeritageofShaanxi,

• The delegation of Dunhuang Academy visited Afghanistan

FromMarch24toApril2,VicePresidentledbyZhangXian- tang,theviceofDunhuangAcademy,thedelegationvisited Afghanistan,metwithpoliticalandacademiccircles,and surveyedthehistoricalandculturalheritagesofKabulProvince andBamyanProvince.Thevisitwasfruitful.ChineseAm

• Sino-Uzbek joint archaeology achieved phased results and some of the pictures of the Rouzhi archaeological artifacts firstly published

ThejointarchaeologicalworkbetweenChinaandUzbekistanhad achievedinitialresultsshowingthattheRabatcemeteryinthecityof BaysuninsouthernUzbekistanshouldbetheremainsoftheRouzhi. Thearchaeologicalachievementsenrichedtheunderstandingofthe culturalheritageofthean

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