After several years of work, and having consulted our members in order to learn about their needs (see e-news No. 91, June 2013), the ICOMOS Documentation Centre is proud to present its latest tool: the ICOMOS collaborative photobank.
The ancient statue of "Romani Bambino," a Roman child holding a cluster of pistachios, was finally brought back home after 85 years.
Water will flow again from a 2,000-year-old fountain unearthed during ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Kibyra, located near the town of Gölhisar in Burdur province.
From July 6 to September 1, 2016, academics and students from School of Archaeology and Museology of History Department in Renmin University of China carried out, for the first time, the archaeological excavations at both ruins of Quanshuigou and Dumudu’e
“Followed by the strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative for exuding the charms of culture of Xinjiang, The Silk Road Yutian——Blending of Culture and Art
By Li Yu andPeng Chao | China Daily | Updated: 2016-09-26 08:18While the ancient Silk Road is known throughout the world, another route - the Southern Silk Road that starts from Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province - remains little known
2016 The Silk Road "Kunlun River Source Route" comprehensive science expedition was launched by the Silk Road (Xinjiang) International Culture Development Center, lasting from September 1st to 8th.
In order to improve the monitoring and management of the world heritage sites of our city and popularize the knowledge of world cultural heritage reporting and monitoring, Xi'an World Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Management Training Course
There is an old saying that “travel for a thousand miles to visit Hangzhou half for the West Lake and half for the silk”. In the early golden autumn of September, the well-known G20 summit 2016 received important guests from all over the world in Hangzhou
An ancient Roman oven has sat undisturbed for the past 2,000 years in Scotland, and curiously, it looks as though it's never been used, according to a new report.Roman ovens — which are composed of two interconnecting pits in the ground that together rese
Dozens of Israeli children participating in an archaeological project aimed to educate them about their past have uncovered buildings used by fishermen along the Mediterranean coast as much as half a millennium ago.Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquiti
For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an "open-air museum", albeit one ravaged by war and plagued by looters.
Two fishhooks found in a cave on Okinawa Island just off mainland Japan There is evidence that people were living there nearly 30,000 years ago Discovery was made by Japanese archaeologists excavating Sakitari Cave Judging by charcoal in the rocks, the
Human skull, including jaw and teeth, and bone from arms, legs, ribs found This is the first skeleton found at shipwreck during era of DNA analysis Researchers may soon be able to identify ethnicity and origin of the victim
Egyptian archaeologist Mohamed Anwar works on parts of the second solar boat of Pharaoh Khufu on Aug 31, 2016 at the restoration laboratory, located behind the Great Pyramid of Cheops, on the southern outskirts of the capital Cairo. (AA Photo)A piece of w
