A polished bronze mirror unearthed in China's most complete Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) cemetery bears the earliest known image of Confucius, while the writing on it may offer more information about the educator and philosopher who lived about 2,50
A house dating back around 1,900 years, which is decorated with frescoes showing scenes of nature, has been discovered at the archaeological site of Omrit in northern Israel. Phallic amulets were also found at the site.
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with the generous support of Poland, can now be ordered from the World Heritage Centre website.
Exhibition "Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty" at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, the United States, on Feb 17, 2017. The exhibition featuring over 160 rare selections from recent excavations in China's Jiangsu prov
After two days of violations, the Dahshour necropolis, where the both pyramids of King Senefru are located, has been restored to its former state.
Tutankhamun’s splendour is revealed to the world
The Temple of Artemis in the Selçuk district of İzmir has turned into a swamp because of neglect and a lack of interest by authorities.
The new Sarıkamış Panorama Museum built in a National Park in northeastern Turkey's Allahuekber Mountains will take visitors on a journey through time and enable them to experience the World War I battle of Sarıkamış with vir
The operator of Xi'an's subway system has defended a controversial mural of an ancient monk that commuters have criticized as historically inaccurate.
It has been 48 years since the "Tatar Tümülüsü" was illegally excavated and pieces of the Tatar tomb were smuggled abroad. Today the 2,500 year-old wooden tomb has been returned to Turkey and portions of it are now slated to be exhibited in Afyo
Restoration work for Anatolia's biggest caravanserai, called "Sultan Han," will start in March in the town of Sultanhanı in Turkey's central Aksaray province. The caravanserai was built eight centuries ago by the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Kayq
A museum and a park will be built on the ruins of the capital of the Xia Dynasty (2100 - 1600 B.C.), China's earliest dynasty, local cultural heritage authorities said Thursday.
site of ancient city of Zhenghan in Xinzheng city, Central China's Henan province. The first city gate has been unearthed after 50 plus years of archeological work on the ancient city of Zhenghan.
A stool that has stubbornly stood the test of time--about 1,500 years, to be precise--has been found in ruins here.
In June 2016, excavations of Husita site in Wenquan County, Xinjiang were conducted by Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science.
