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• Annual General Assembly 2018 - Dates & Call for Session proposals "Sustainability: Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development"

The ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee meetings (with all the associated parts) will take place in BuenosAires, Argentina from 4 to 8 December 2018, on the generous invitation of ICOMOSArgentina.The meetings will be accompanied by aone-

• ICOMOS at the European Cultural Heritage Summit

ICOMOS recently participated in the European Cultural Heritage Summit that took place from 18-24 June 2018 in Berlin, Germany, with the theme of “Sharing Heritage – Sharing Values”. The European Union recognised the Summit as one of the main public events

• First Chinese archaeological mission in Egypt to commence in Sept

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany said in a recent interview with Xinhua that the first-ever Chinese archaeological mission in Egypt will start working this September."The Chinese mission has completed all the procedures to work in Egypt

• Tomb complex reveals ancient relics in Henan province

Archaeologists excavate at the Shangshihe village tombs in Sanmenxia city, Henan province, June 30, 2018.After more than three months of archaeological excavation, the Shangshihe village in Sanmenxia city of Henan province has unearthed 21 rectangle verti

• Building foundation from Warring States Period found in Ou’erping Site, Shanxi Province

Ou’erping site is located in Xizhou Village, Heyu town, Yushe County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. In 2017, archaeological excavation of the site was conducted by a joint archaeological team organized by Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology. Ou’e

• Ancient marquis seal uncovered in Chinese village

A private seal believed to have belonged to a marquis in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD) was recently unearthed in southwest China's Sichuan Province.From July last year to June this year, archaeologists in Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archaeology R

• Tomb complex reveals ancient relics in Henan province

Tomb complex reveals ancient relics in Henan provinceFrom:china.org NetWriter:Date:2018-07-03After more than three months of archaeological excavation, the Shangshihe village in Sanmenxia city of Henan province has unearthed 21 rectangle vertical pit tomb

• Reconstruction and recovery in Iraq: Reviving the Spirit of Mosul

The ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’ Initiative was presented on 30 June 2018 during the 42ndsession of the World Heritage Committee.Ernesto Ottone-Ramirez, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture, and H.E Fryad Rawandouzi, Minister of Culture, Tourism

• World Heritage Committee has inscribed a total of 19 sites

Howler monkey in front of ancient rock art panels in Chiribiquete, Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” (Mexico) ©Steve Winter / Steve WinterThe World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha H

• 2,000 year old mummified ‘sleeping beauty’ dressed in silk emerges from Siberian reservoir

Archeologists hail extraordinary find of suspected ‘Hun woman’ with a jet gemstone buckle on her beaded belt.The ancient woman was buried wearing a silk skirt with a funeral meal. Picture:Marina KilunovskayaAfter a fall in the water level, the well-preser

• Boy, 11, finds ‘1,000 year old message’ written in runes on pendant made of mammoth bone

Pavel Yakovlev makes ‘great scientific discovery’ near his village in Yakutia.‘If it is confirmed that this bone found in Namsky district is genuine, it will be a great scientific discovery for the republic.' Picture:Michil YakovlevThe fifth grade student

• The Written World review – how literature shaped history

From Iraq to South America, Martin Puchner’s tour through the places and texts that have shaped humanity is wonderfully richOnce upon a time … part of a Babylonian cuneiform tablet inscribed with the Gilgamesh flood epic. Photograph: Universal Images Grou

• 'Sleeping Beauty' Mummy Buried with Riches and Snacks for the Afterlife

The 2,000-year-old mummy, dubbed Sleeping Beauty, was buried in silk clothes and a beaded belt with a jet buckle.Credit: Marina Kilunovskaya/The Siberian TimesAbout 2,000 years ago, during the time Jesus supposedly walked the Earth, people buried a young

• Fengxi New City of Xixian New Area Showcase Hard & Core Technology at The Third Silk Road International Expo

Report by Shaanxi Channel of CRI Online: At the recently-concluded Third Silk Road International Exposition and the Investment Trade Forum for Cooperation between East West China (Hereinafter referred to as “The Third Silk Road International Exposition”

• Excavation of Shangjing city site from Jin dynasty revealed the layout of the east building of imperial city in Heilongjiang Province

Shangjing city site is located in southern suburb of A’cheng District of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. Shangjing City was the first capital city built by Jin Dynasty, and also was an early capital city of Jin Dynasty. Since 2016, prospection of part

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