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• A large-scaled early bronze age remains found in Wenquan County, Xinjiang

In June 2016, excavations of Husita site in Wenquan County, Xinjiang were conducted by Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Science.

• Stolen artifacts from Turkey found in Germany

One of the artifacts stolen from the Kocaeli Archaeology Museum in 2009 has been found at an auction in Germany.

• Mysterious treasures of the Göktürks waiting to be visited in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is home to human-shaped stone sculptures made by the Göktürks, a nomadic confederation of Turkic peoples established in Central Asia before Islam.

• King Tut tomb mystery: Experts tap tech in new hunt for secret chambers

Researchers will continue their search for secret chambers in King Tutankhamun's tomb this year, harnessing sophisticated radar technology to find out if another burial is hidden at the famous site.

• Marble table at hospital turns out to be piece of historical column

A piece of marble used as a table in a hospital in Turgutlu, a small town in Turkey's western province of Manisa, has turned out to be part of a historical column from the Roman era.

• 3 more ancient tombs discovered at olive grove thought to be necropolis in Turkey's Bursa

Three more ancient burial chambers from the Late Antiquity period have been discovered in an olive grove in Turkey's western Bursa province. The chambers have been put under protection until archaeological teams arrive at the scene, reports said on Sunday

• Chariot excavation open to tourists in central China city

Visitors to a 2,000-year-old chariot tomb in Xinzheng in central China's Henan Province are now able to watch the ongoing excavation.

• Relief road provides glimpse into past Roman and Iron Age communities, settlements and landscapes in the area.

PRELIMINARY WORKS FOR A RELIEF ROAD IN LINCOLNSHIRE HAVE PROVIDED A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO PAST ROMAN AND IRON AGE COMMUNITIES, SETTLEMENTS AND LANDSCAPES IN THE AREA.

• Looted AD 200 marble artifact heading back to Greece

An ancient marble slab that wound up on display in a midtown Manhattan art gallery after being stolen in Greece 30 years ago has been returned to Greek officials.

• The oldest glass-making workshop in Poland is approx. 2 thousand years old

Cracked glass beads, pieces of melted glass and glass "teardrops" - are among the remains of the glass workshop, which operated approx. 2 thousand years ago on Mount Grojec in Żywiec. It could be the oldest place of this type in Poland.

• Great Wall in Gansu damaged by farming

Stretching over about 90 kilometers, the Jingtai area of the Great Wall, built in the MingDynasty in 1599, is now at risk of being swallowed by farmland.

• Big cluster of 2,200-year-old boat coffins unearthed in SW China

The tomb cluster was discovered at a construction site in Feihu Village, Pujiang County insouthwest China's Sichuan Province in September last year.

• Israeli archaeologists find cave said to have contained Dead Sea scrolls

Israel's Hebrew University says archaeologists have found a cave that once contained Dead Sea scrolls.

• Iran displays 3500-year-old Persian artifacts recovered from Western countries

Iran is displaying hundreds of ancient Persian artifacts, some dating back as far as 3,500 years and all of them recently brought back home from museums and collections in Western countries.

• Pharaonic structures discovered in Egypt

The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry announced Tuesday that archaeologists have unearthed several Pharaonic structures in Egypt's Nile Delta.

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