An ancient rock inscription and stone monument dating back 900 years have been discovered on a mountain in Cixian county,North China's Hebei province.The inscription, made up of more than 130 Chinese characters, was carved on a piece of smooth stone about
Dahekou Cemetery of Western Zhou Dynasty found in Shanxi ProvinceFrom：Chinese ArchaeologyWriter：Date：2017-07-25The Dahekou cemetery is located in the Dahekou village, Yicheng County, Shanxi Province. During 2014 September and 2015 December, archaeological
A view of the ruins of the town of Sai. Founded by the Egyptians on the island of the same name in the Nile, in what is now Sudan, the town was occupied from 1500 until 1200 BC.Credit: Julia BudkaLudwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich Egyptologis
A team of researchers in Turkey's southern Antalya province have found what may have been the first example of a brand, inscribed on a number of ancient mosaics and terracottas dating over 2,000 years old.Discovered in the ancient city of Antiocheia Ad Cr
Three types of tomb monuments have been discovered so far –rock-cut arcosolia, simple pit graves; shallow graves for lower classes and tombs that resemble a boat-like shape.2000-year-old tombs were discovered during a road excavation in the Uşak prov
A 2,700-year-old water well, one of the nine ancient wells located in Turkey's Çanakkale province, still provides the essential drink that is considered as the "source of life," with special "healing properties" and is attributed
This year's excavation works in the ancient city of Prusiasad Hypium in Konuralp district in Düzce, which is known as "Western Black Sea's Ephesus," have started. Having started in the ancient city, which houses constructions such as aqueducts,
Restorer Li Xiaolong repairs a broken bronze flagon from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD220) at the Tianshui Museum on Sept 6, 2016. Restorer Li Xiaolong,along withrest of his coworkers,works in the cultural relics protection and repairs unit at the Fuxi Tem
The discovered inscriptions from Emperor Jiaqing in Yuanmingyuan, Beijing, July 14, 2017. Archaeologists recently found Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Jiaqing's inscriptions on a large stone at Ruyuan Garden, the best preserved garden site at the Yuanmi
Ateam of archaeologists from Henan province are setting off to Mongolia. The first ever archaeology collaboration between Henan province, Central China, and Mongolia, will break ground on July 21 as the Chinese team left for Mongolia Wednesday.The program
Experts were thrilled to discover the coin on a remote island in the Scottish Orkney archipelago. The coin, which is believed to date from the mid fourth-century A.D., was found during an excavation on the small island of Rousay, which is part of the
Dating back to the first century B. C., the ancient city of Sebastapolis is thought to have been one of the five largest cities in the Black Sea region about 2,000 years ago. Once visited by Charles Prince of Wales, the site now faces illegal excavations
Archaeologists in southeast Turkey may have found the earliest example of the world's most popular emoticon, the smiley, on a pot dating back 4,000-years.The roots of the symbol are widely believed to be from the early 1960s, with the classic smiley versi
One of the skeletons was found with his arms twisted behind his back and may have been a "prisoner of war, a criminal or a runaway slave," Prevedorou said. (AFP Photo)More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon -- the first recor
The head of excavations being conducted in the ancient city of Perge in Antalya province, Antalya Museum Director Mustafa Demirel, has announced that a new mosaic has been found in the ancient city. The 1,800-year-old mosaic depicts the sacrifice of Iphig
