An archaeologist shows a pottery unearthed from the ancient tombs in Gujun village of Xingtang county, North China's Hebei province, June 12, 2017. The ancient tombs, believed to be built between the late Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC -476 BC) and the
Premier Li Keqiang meets representatives of the second overseas Chinese business conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. Li encouraged overseas Chinese to contribute by investing talent and resources. LI XUEREN / XINHUA
Subtle yet substantial traces of Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I live on at the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
The ancient catacombs of St. Domitilla sprawl for more than 10 miles (17 kilometers) in a labyrinth of tunnels beneath Rome and contain numerous tombs, many belonging to the city's elite.
The Hatay Archaeology Museum in southern Turkey is slated to host the world's largest collection of mosaics following the planned inauguration of a new section of the facility.
Early this week, scientists and researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History at the University of Tubingen in Germany revealed that the ancient Egyptians were genetically related to ancient Turkey and the Levant and not as Af
During excavation work at a site in the El-Shatby neighbourhood of Alexandria, an Egyptian archaeological mission from the Ministry of Antiquities discovered a rock-hewn tomb that can be dated to the Hellenistic period (323-30 BC).
The monumental grave of ancient Greek astrologist and philosopher Aratos, which is inside the ancient city of Soli Poempiopolis in the southern Turkish province of Mersin’s Mezitli district, is currently used as an agricultural field, underneath a large g
Three periods architectural remains and road networks of Yuanyingguan ruin found in Summer PalaceFrom：Chinese ArchaeologyWriter：Date：2017-06-06From June to December in 2016, archaeological clearance and excavations of Yuanyingguan ruin (Observatory of Dis
Archaeologists have spent months excavating a lost temple that disappeared for nearly a millennium in downtown Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The exhibition started on June 1 and ends on August 27.
Actors perform a traditional Chinese dance during the 2017 Silk Road International Exposition in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 3, 2017. More than 1,200 Chinese domestic companies and over 300 foreign exhibiting companies from
A small grape seed has set a remarkable archaeological record and casts new light on Scandinavia’s contact with southern Europe during the Bronze Age.
The city was well ahead of its time - it was the largest settlement in the region before the Middle Ages.
Only a few walls remain of the historic Mor Yakup (Saint Jacob) Monastery in southeastern Turkey's Siirt province, but the city's Tourism Promotion Association President Vehip Emrah is calling for its restoration.
