The "Grand Lady's" coffin was buried inside another coffin in China.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsAn exquisitely preserved skeleton of a woman dubbed the "Grand Lady" has been discovered in a water-filled coffin within
Around 350 ancient Greek antiques are exhibited at Beijing's Palace Museum. Around 350 ancient Greek antiques have been put on exhibition at Beijing's Palace Museum (the Forbidden City)."The Antikythera Shipwreck" exhibition features antiques th
Saga Vanecek discovers 1,500-year-old sword while skimming stones
A preserved painting shows the clearing of the site of Capitolias, with the assistance of Dionysus and other gods.Credit: Copyright CNRS HiSoMAIn an ancient Roman tomb that was recently discovered in Jordan, a colorful mural offers a comics-like glimpse o
A servant in his birthday suit holds a silver-colored jug and a vase for wine.Credit: Copyright E. Lupoli/Jean Bérard Centre (CNRS/école française de Rome)A naked man holding a wine jug and a vase is just one of many figures depicted in a 2,200-year-
From Sept 2017 to Feb 2018, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology conducted excavation to the tombsatQinhanxinquof Xixian NewDistrict and Liquan County of Xianyang City in Shaanxi Province to support the infrastructure construction. Altogether 21 to
XI'AN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists recently discovered Buddhist grotto relics dating back to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in the northern part of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.The discovery was made at a site in Suide county, which falls under the
Around 350 ancient Greek antiques are exhibited at Beijing's Palace Museum. Around 350 ancient Greek antiques have been put on exhibition at Beijing's Palace Museum (the Forbidden City)."The Antikythera Shipwreck" exhibition features antiques th
The Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, signed agreement with the Syrian ministry of culture on Tuesday to kick off a series projects — which will include joint exhibitions and public education initiatives — to be brought about thr
(Courtesy of the Institute of Archaeology/Russian Academy of Sciences)Bronze Corinthian helmet, Taman PeninsulaArchaeologists have discovereda bronze Corinthian helmet in the burial of several fifth-century B.C. Greek warriors in southwestern Russia. This
Photo: Zuid Holland provinceA 125 metre stretch of Roman road has been uncovered in the province of Zuid-Holland during excavations carried out in preparation for work on the Rijnland Route motorwaywhich will link the seaside resort of Katwijk to Leiden.
The remains of the buildingAn Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a huge edifice with several corridors and four entrancesduring excavation work carried out in Hod El-Demerdash, 400 metres to the south of Mit Rahina Museum in Giza.Mostafa Waziri
Thesecondandthirdseasonsoflectureserieson"Windfrom theSilkRoads:TheSilkRoadsinCentralAsianExpertsEyes" jointlyorganizedbyIICC-X,SchoolofCulturalHeritageofNorth- westUniversity,SchoolofHistoryandCultureofShaanxiNormal UniversityandDunhuangInstitu
OnJune9-10,2018,SongXinСhao,DeputyDirectoroftheStateAdminis- trationofCulturalHeritage,YanYaLin,DeputyDirectorofConservation DepartmentoftheStateAdministrationofCulturalHeritage,TongWei, DirectorofthePersonnelDepartmentoftheStateAdministrationofCultural H
“EmbracingtheOrientandtheOccident-Whenthe Silk Road meets the Renaissance” exhibition openedattheNationalMuseumofChinaonJune9. TheexhibitionwasJointlyorganizedbytheNational MuseumofChinaandtheHunanProvincial Museum,thisexhibitionintegratestheculturalrelic
