Listed on UNESCO's tentative list of world heritage sites, Sagalassos – once among the five leading producers of ceramics during the Roman Empire - was one of the major cities of the Hellenistic period when it was conquered by Alexander the GreatLocated i
A copy of the Ding ceramic pillow by the lateartist Chen Wenzeng, featuring a baby boy is on show at the National Museum of China. An ongoing exhibition inBeijingshowcases the excellence of the 'five great kilns' of imperial China. Lin Qi reports.Some 40
A visitor looks at a bronze drum on display at the Anthropology Museum of Guangxi in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on July 25, 2017. The drum with cloud and thunder patterns was excavated in Beiliu, a city in the autonomous region.
The structure in which shattered jugs were found, attesting to the destruction. (Picture: Eliyahu Yanai, Courtesy of the City of David Archive)Archaeologists excavating the City of David in Israel’s Jerusalem Walls National Park have uncovered charred woo
AA PhotosArchaeologists said Wednesday that they have found remnants of a 1,600-year-old Byzantine chapel in the Elbeyli district of Kilis, in southern Turkey.The team also uncovered a Roman floor mosaic and an ancient inscription dating back to the early
An ancient rock inscription and stone monument dating back 900 years have been discovered on a mountain in Cixian county,North China's Hebei province.The inscription, made up of more than 130 Chinese characters, was carved on a piece of smooth stone about
Dahekou Cemetery of Western Zhou Dynasty found in Shanxi ProvinceFrom：Chinese ArchaeologyWriter：Date：2017-07-25The Dahekou cemetery is located in the Dahekou village, Yicheng County, Shanxi Province. During 2014 September and 2015 December, archaeological
A view of the ruins of the town of Sai. Founded by the Egyptians on the island of the same name in the Nile, in what is now Sudan, the town was occupied from 1500 until 1200 BC.Credit: Julia BudkaLudwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich Egyptologis
A team of researchers in Turkey's southern Antalya province have found what may have been the first example of a brand, inscribed on a number of ancient mosaics and terracottas dating over 2,000 years old.Discovered in the ancient city of Antiocheia Ad Cr
Three types of tomb monuments have been discovered so far –rock-cut arcosolia, simple pit graves; shallow graves for lower classes and tombs that resemble a boat-like shape.2000-year-old tombs were discovered during a road excavation in the Uşak prov
A 2,700-year-old water well, one of the nine ancient wells located in Turkey's Çanakkale province, still provides the essential drink that is considered as the "source of life," with special "healing properties" and is attributed
This year's excavation works in the ancient city of Prusiasad Hypium in Konuralp district in Düzce, which is known as "Western Black Sea's Ephesus," have started. Having started in the ancient city, which houses constructions such as aqueducts,
Restorer Li Xiaolong repairs a broken bronze flagon from the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD220) at the Tianshui Museum on Sept 6, 2016. Restorer Li Xiaolong,along withrest of his coworkers,works in the cultural relics protection and repairs unit at the Fuxi Tem
The discovered inscriptions from Emperor Jiaqing in Yuanmingyuan, Beijing, July 14, 2017. Archaeologists recently found Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Jiaqing's inscriptions on a large stone at Ruyuan Garden, the best preserved garden site at the Yuanmi
Ateam of archaeologists from Henan province are setting off to Mongolia. The first ever archaeology collaboration between Henan province, Central China, and Mongolia, will break ground on July 21 as the Chinese team left for Mongolia Wednesday.The program
