(Courtesy Blenheim Palace)OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND—The New York Timesreports that a large fragment of a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus was discovered by a visitor to the gardens at Blenheim Palace, a World Heritage site dating to the eighteenth century. The
ASUKA, Nara Prefecture--Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a mystery building that was erected on the site of an ancient square here that figured large in events during the late sixth century to early eighth century.
Archaeologists face race against time to save artefacts uncovered in crumbling labyrinths beneath the war-torn city
The antiquities museum in the Iraqi city of Mosul is in ruins. Piles of rubble fill exhibition halls and a massive fire in the building’s basement has reduced hundreds of rare books and manuscripts to ankle-deep drifts of ash.
Archaeologists have discovered a colossal statue, possibly depicting Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses the Great, in a muddy pit in a Cairo suburb, Egypt's antiquities ministry announced today (March 9).
From 2010 to 2016, Archaeological Research Department of Shanghai Museum has carried out a long-term exploration and excavation at Qinglong town site in Baihe town, Qingpu district, Shanghai. They found many new discoveries and achieved important archaeol
Chinese travel agencies on Wednesday charmed tourism dealers at a key travel trade show in Berlin, featuring the Silk Road destinations.
Visitors view the exhibit during the exhibition "The Silk Road: Reflection of Mutual Learning" in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2016. The exhibition kicked off on Wednesday.
Chinese archaeologists have begun the second-stage excavation of the ruins of a north China town, hoping to find more evidence for the argument that it is the starting point of the ancient maritime silk road.
TOTTORI--Archaeologists have found the first evidence that trees lined an ancient road here, a possible visual display intended to flaunt state power.
The discoveries shed further light on what the eighteenth dynasty pharaoh's temple would have looked like
ASUKA, Nara Prefecture--A jumble of stones uncovered here offers undisputed evidence of a burial mound dating from the mid-seventh century that very likely was the final resting place of an emperor, researchers say.
BEIJING, CHINA—Live Sciencereports that a new technique could help scientists predict when buildings at Angkor and other UNESCO World Heritage sites are susceptible to collapse and even prevent small shifts in the structures that can cause damage. Fulong
Have a bit of history with that Happy Meal
RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER HAVE COMPLETED THE VERY FIRST BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT TERRACOTTA FIGURINES FOUND IN GHANA, WHICH WERE CREATED BY AN UNKNOWN CIVILISATION AND HAVE BECOME ICONIC REPRESENTATIONS OF PREHISTORIC AFRICAN ART
