• ICOMOS 2016 Anual Report
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As one of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, China has pledged to preserve its natural and cultural heritage.
Asmara: a Modernist City of Africa (Eritrea) ©Asmara Heritage Project / Dr. Edward Edison | Image Source: States PartyKrakow, Poland, 12 July—The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow since 2 July, closed its annual session today. During the se
Three vehicles have been earthed from the Zheng State No 3 pit in Xinzheng city, Central China's Henan province, after five months' excavation. One of the vehicles included a large carriage for ancient high officials or nobles.
Mummified members of an unknown bygone civilisation are dug from a permafrost necropolis on the edge of the Arctic.What's inside the cocoon? Picture: Alexander GusevThe discoveries at the Zeleniy Yar burial site near Salekhard have the potential to shed l
The American University in Cairo is to transfer nearly 5,000 Islamic, Coptic, Pharaonic, Greco-Roman artifacts to the possession of the Egyptian state
A Turkish-Italian team has completed the first part of their seven-season-long excavation works in an ancient site in the town of Karkamış, located in the province of Gaziantep on the Turkish-Syrian border, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on J
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
A photo of calligraphy downloaded from the Taipei Palace Museum's official website Taipei's Palace Museum has put more than 70,000 pictures online, which people can download for free. All the pictures are available on the "Open Data" section of
Gulangyu, an island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province. As one of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, China has pledged to preserve its natural and cultural heritage."More inclusions on the World Heritage List come with greater
Zheng He Memorial Hall was unveiled at the Chinese explorer's hometown in Jining county ofKunming, capital of Southwest China'sYunnanprovince, on July 11, 2017. Zheng He, also known as Cheng Ho, was a great Chinese navigator and maritime explorer who led
Relics are found at a tomb of the Western Wei Dynasty (535-556) in Xixian New Area, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The tomb's owner, Lu Chou, died in 548 and the burialartifacts excavated include intact colored pottery figurines, camel figures and, m
A staff member of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows a pottery bird statue in Xinmi, Central China's Henan province, July 10, 2017. Carbon dating has recently confirmed the age of a 3,800-year-old red pottery bird statue, unearthed in Central China'
Archeologists have resumed their efforts to excavate a marble sculpture of Cybele, the mother goddess, in northern Turkey's Ordu province located on the Black Sea coast.A team of 20 archeologists led by the head of the Department of Archeology in Gazi Uni
Photo courtesy of The Vindolanda TrustArcheologists in northern England have made the significant discovery of 25 personal letters written on tablets from the Roman-era.The artifacts, which date back to 1st century AD, are claimed to be "one of their