Turkey's museums and archaeological sites drew significant numbers of tourists in 2015, reaching 30 million, recent statistics from the Cultural Heritage and Museums General Directorate show.For archaeological sites, the Hierapolis of Phrygia, a major anc
Medieval archer's 'unique quiver' and arrows with iron tips found in hole in a cliff, along with his wooden sarcophagus.
An ancient tomb has been discovered at a construction site in Kuqa county in Aksu prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Nov 2, 2016.
Eleven stone men with a history of over 1,000 years are still standing on the Zhaosu Giant Grassland in Ili, Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.
Excavation revealed that settlement on the site which now houses a small Kurdish village Bassetki in Iraqi Kurdistan appeared about 3 thousand years BC According to the researchers, the city has developed over more than 1.2 thousand years.
The site, known as Warratyi, shows Aboriginal Australians settled the arid interior of the country around 49,000 years ago — some 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.The shelter, about 550 kilometres north of Adelaide, also contains the first rel
Buried in the grave was discovered decoration and dagger, unusual for the ancient culture of the Orenburg region. When security and scientific excavation of the mound near the village of Kamenka in the Orenburg region, archaeologists discovered the burial
The ancient Greeks were not big fans of white marble, we think. They painted their statues, reliefs and temples and covered them with patterns, drawn to people, to gods and heroes eyes. How it really looked ancient Greece, can now be seen only in the ultr
Archaeological excavations at the construction site of a new hotel building in the Lebanese city of Batroun led to the discovery of an ancient cemetery.Archaeologists from the Directorate General of antiquities in Lebanon reported a 17 graves with skeleta
Jinbaotun cemetery is situated 5km southeast of Jinbaotun, Kailu County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and northwest of Qijiazi ancient cemetery from Liao Dynasty.
People living 3,400 years ago in Southwest China's Yunnan province ate snails and lived in different houses in winter and summer, latest findings from a historical site showed.The site in Xingyi village of Yuxi city was discovered in July 2015 during cons
The site of Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) Emperor Liu He's tomb recently offered new findings as the archaeological work has entered the stage of dismantling the outer coffin. Archaeologists have found numerous handwritings and symbols at the bottom
The first public exhibition about an ancient road built during the Qin Dynasty 2,000 years ago opened in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Wednesday.
The National Museum of Chinese Writing on Thursday launched an award program to encourage people from around the world to help decipher oracle bone inscriptions.
A group of ancient wells have been found in the city of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, the city's cultural relics bureau announced Thursday.
