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• SW China discovers ancient tombs with rare cultural relics

An archaeology staff member cleans a tomb figure found in Daliang Village, Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 27, 2017. Two tombs dating from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) have been discovered here recently, in which more than 60 p

• Scientists Shoot Stones to Study War’s Impact on Heritage Sites

The bullets caused hidden networks of fractures beneath the stones’ surfaces

• Archaeologists find sanctuary dedicated to god Mithra in Corsica

French archaeologists have uncovered a sanctuary dedicated to the god Mithra at the Roman site of Mariana on the French island of Corsica, according to the National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research.

• ‘Cloned’ ancient sculptures show opens up new exhibition ideas

Priceless seventh-century statues replicated using 3-D printing technology so accurately that they are described as “clones” were unveiled at the Tokyo University of the Arts campus in the capital’s Ueno district on Feb. 16.

• Rock tombs of Turkey's Şanlıurfa to open to tourism

Rock tombs nearly 2,000 years old, which have been unearthed in caves in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, are to be opened to tourists after excavations are completed.

• Police seize Byzantine artifacts in Istanbul illegal excavation operation

Anti-smuggling teams from the Istanbul Police Department have detained a man over illegal excavation in the city's historical Sultanahmet neighborhood, while also confiscating artifacts from the Byzantine era.

• Chinese museum demands return of horse sculptures from Pennsylvania

A Chinese museum in Northwest China's Shaanxi province has openly demanded the return of two horse relief sculptures displayed at a University of Pennsylvania museum. The sculptures were illegally sold overseas.

• Tomb belonging to pregnant aristocrat found in North China

Two tombs whose owners were identified as nobel women from the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-256BC) were discovered recently in Shanxi Province in North China, the China News Service quoted the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology as saying on Wed

• Archaeologists discover possible Anglo-Saxon church and mysterious ancient animal burials

Archaeologists have discovered what they think are the remains of an Anglo-Saxon church and ancient pagan animal burials in an archaeological dig around a late 12th/early 13th century church in Shropshire.

• Archaeologists discover previously unknown Anglo-Saxon industrial island in Lincolnshire

Middle Saxon writing tools and a woman's name carved into a tablet have been found at a previously unknown industrial island

• 2,000-year-old seeds found in ancient Chinese tomb

More than 100 plant seeds dating back 2,000 years have been unearthed from an ancient tomb in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, archaeologists said.

• In photoes: British Museum collections bring history of the world to China

To be opened on March 2, The History of the World in 100 Objects narrates the development and diversities of global history through a selection of artifacts, pieces of artwork and other kinds of objects from the British Museum's encyclopedia collection.

• Museum in Turkey's Aydın takes visitors back 2,500 years ago

With a veritable treasure trove of sculptures, the Afrodisyas Museum near Turkey’s Aegean coast takes visitors back more than two millennia to sample some of the most striking statues produced in the region.

• Iraqi experts trained to save Mosul heritage

As Iraqi forces fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), archaeologists trained by the British Museum are preparing for another battle; trying to save what they can of the city’s heritage.

• Ancient honors: Inscriptions uncovered at synagogue in Israel

The top of a limestone column discovered in the Western Galilee may pinpoint the location of the ancient village of Peqi’in, where the Galilean sages hid in a cave from the Romans 1,800 years ago, Israeli antiquities experts say.

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