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• A bronze-casting workshop was discovered in Taijiasi archaeological site in Anhui province

Taijiasi site is situated in Sanhe village, Zhuzhai town, Funan County, Anhui province. Since 2014, A 3-year period archaeological work was carried out by Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Department of Archaeology of Schoo

• Palace Museum to hold first memorial service for civilian donor

China's Palace Museum will hold the first-ever memorial service in honor of a civilian donor.

• Lasers remove centuries of grime, revealing long-hidden Roman frescoes

Ancient frescoes have been rediscovered inside the 1,600-year-old Domitilla catacombs after Italian art experts used laser technology to remove centuries of grit and grime.

• Tomb of Rome's first emperor to be restored in

After decades of neglect, one of Rome's most significant monuments prepares to open once again to the public after a multi-million-euro restoration project.

• Ancient Tomb of Gold Worker Found Along Nile River

Archaeologists discovered the tomb in 2015, though it wasn't until 2017 that a team with the AcrossBorders archaeological research project fully excavated the site.

• Jerusalem tower younger than thought

Gihon Spring was crucial to the survival of its inhabitants, and archaeologists had uncovered the remains of a massive stone tower built to guard this vital water supply. Based on pottery and other regional findings, the archaeologists had originally assi

• Cradle of civilizations pictured from above

Having been home to many civilizations, the Ani archaeological site in Kars province, with historical buildings belonging to Christian Armenians and Muslim Turks, has been captured from above

• 1,600-year-old mosaic discovered by farmers in Turkey’s Adıyaman province

Two farmers in Turkey's southeastern Adıyaman province discovered a 1,600-year-old mosaic, thought to be from the Roman period, reports said Sunday.

• Ancient walls of Troy shed light on history of earthquake safety

The ancient city of Troy could offer clues about how to make modern buildings more earthquake-resistant, academics from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University have suggested.

• Ancient tomb discovered at construction site in N China

The excavation of an ancient tomb is currently underway at a construction site in the Chuaigutuan village of Yangyuan county, North China's Hebei province on June 11.

• National Museum of China tops list of most-visited museums

With nearly 7.6 million visitors in 2016, the National Museum of China for the first time has claimed the title of most popular museum in the world, according to a new industry report released in early June.

• Hillforts of the Iron Age

Searching for evidence of cultural changes that swept the prehistoric British Isles

• China's oldest imperial palace discovered in Shanxi Province

The earliest Imperial city to be unearthed so far has been found in north China's Shanxi Province.

• Family cemetery of Jin Dynasty found at Houma, Shanxi Province

From 2016 August, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology conducted the excavation at the Dongzhuang village, Houma City in Shanxi Province.

• Ancient sunken ship to be reconstructed with 3D imaging

Archeologists have almost completed scanning parts from an 800-year-old shipwreck to enable them to reconstruct the ancient merchant ship.

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