JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—The Times of Israelreports that a hoard of 1,400-year-old copper coins was uncovered last summer in the ruins of a two-story building in a Byzantine-era town. The coins bear the faces of Byzantine emperors Justinian I, Maurice, and Phoca
Cave paintings at a UNESCO world heritage site in Chad have been defaced by unknown vandals, the central African nation's culture minister told AFP on Sunday.
In a cavernous warehouse where Israel stores its archaeological treasures, an ancient burial box is inscribed with the name of Jesus.
Culture officials in Suzhou, the so-called Venice of the Orient, have drafted regulations aimed at preserving the city's 2,500-year-old walls.
Archaeologists have discovered an unusual pyramid-shaped tomb on the south bank of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou, central China. A small village once occupied the property, but it was displaced to make way for a new residential development to be construct
The mask was among items stolen and illegally smuggled out of the country in 2013
The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, has opened a joint exhibition with the National Museum of Afghanistan.
An archaeologist works at the ancient Haifeng town ruins site in Huanghua, north China's Hebei Province, March 17, 2017. Chinese archaeologists began the second-stage excavation of the ruins here, expecting to unveil functions of the town as an important
The Ziyaret Tepe Mound in Diyarbakır's Bismil district continues to reveal remnants of the Assyrian civilization dating back to the 9th century B.C, with the ongoing excavation as part of an joint project by Marmara University and Cambridge Universit
The Israel Antiquities Authority on Sunday offered a rare glimpse into its storerooms, where staff said recent archaeological discoveries have cast new light on life at the time of Christ.
A portion of a 9.5-meter Buddha statue broken into more than 130 pieces and buried underground for over 1,600 years has been reassembled recently, thanks to the painstaking efforts of experts to reassemble it by hand.
Construction cranes are busy at work for the restoration of the ancient county seat of Taiyuan, in Jinyuan District of Taiyuan City, capital of north China's Shanxi Province. Established in 1375, the ancient county seat is well preserved over the last 600
They found the coffins after digging an area the size of two soccer fields in Shuangyuan village in Dawang town, Qingbaijiang district of Chengdu.
Ancient coins have been found during an excavation near an expressway in Benxi city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, March 15, 2017. Archeologists said the old coins date back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Heicheng city, Khara-Khoto or "Black City", in the Ejin Banner of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. A thriving center of trade in the Western Xia period (1038-1227), the town played an important role along the ancient Silk Road. It
