A new archaeological discoveryshowed that the Hexi Corridor region was not only a channel for foreign exchanges and trade, but also an important entrance for wheat imported into China.Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeologyrecently r
Kazakhstan archaeologistsexcavated another"Golden Man"mummy ina burial moundinEast Kazakhstan, KazTAGreported on August 6.The KazTAGhistorical archaeology working group held a press conference in UskamanCity, the capital of East Kazakhstan, on A
On August26, “Mutual Identification of Historical Documents and Archaeological Remains—International Symposium on the Silk Road”, sponsored by the Gansu Provincial Museum, co-organized by theResearch Centre of Silk Road History and Culture of Shaanxi Norm
Opened at Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang on September20, the Forum of Alliance on Technological Innovations of Cultural Heritage along the Silk Roadwas hosted by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Gansu Provincial People's Government, and c
From June to August this year, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology has successively builtarchaeological teams jointlywith the Institute of History and Cultural Heritage of the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciencesandthe Issyk-Kul State Historica
From August6to September14, theShanghai Museum and Central Cultural Fund (CCF) of Sri Lanka established a joint archaeological team to conduct a comprehensive survey and key exploration of the Jaffna District. It is the first officialcooperation on archae
On September22, “Niya·Archaeology·Story—the 30th Anniversary of China-Japan Archaeological Cooperation of Niya Site" opened in theXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum. The exhibition displays more than 300 pieces (groups)of rare and fine antiques
Photos by Greek Ministry of CultureThe last five years of archaeological research and excavation in central Greece’s Petroto village, near the Trikala area, has unearthed a major settlement that dates back to the late Bronze Age.The village of Petroto on
A clay tablet inscribed with thirteen verses of Homer’s “Odyssey” found at Ancient Olympia, and the wreck of a 2,400-year-oldGreek merchant ship found on the seabed of the Black Seamade the list of the “Top 10 Discoveries of 2018” in the current issue ofA
This 4,400-year-old tomb at Saqqara was constructed for a "divine inspector" named "Wahtye."Credit: Photo courtesy Egyptian Ministry of AntiquitiesA 4,400-year-old tomb constructed for a "divine inspector" named "Wahtye&
Thessaloniki’s Panagia ton Chalkeon (the Virgin Mary of Chalki) church is from the 11th century. Photo by wikipediaAn agreement called “The Charter for the Protection of theByzantineHeritage Monuments” wasunanimouslyratified this weekend after a three-day
Zhangzhuang Ancient Cemetery was located in Haizhou District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. Mar., 2018, Lianyungang City Museum conducted salvage excavation, and 36 tombs was excavated, among which 6 belong to Western Han Dynasty, 11 belonged to Eas
An aeriel view of the Lushanmao historic relics site in the Baota district of Yan'an city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province.Archaeologists said the Lushanmao historic relics site in the Baota district of Yan'an city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province,
(Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, via Wikimedia Commons)OSAKA, JAPAN—The Mainichireports that an investigation of Daisen Kofun, a large, keyhole-shaped burial mound on the island of Honshu, has revealed that one of the dykes surroun
Parts of the replicas rely on ‘respectable guesstimate’ of what the original looked like
