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• Ancient tombs and kilns discovered in Anhui

搜索复制Ancient tombs and folk kilns have been discovered in Nanqiao district, Chuzhou city, Anhui province. More than 50 pieces of funerary objects from the Eastern Han (AD 25-220) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties were unearthed. Among them was a tile carved e

• Experts initially identified the Shichengzi ancient city to be Shule city in Han Dynasty

The location of the "Shule city" site dated to Han dynasty is controversy in the academic circle. On Aug. 27th, experts engaged in the study of archaeology and history of Qin and Han dynasties, and culture of Xinjiang Province from the Peking Un

• 318 Ancient Kiln Discovered at Yingou Site, Fuping County via Investigation and Prospecting

In December 2011, due to the implementation of the Project for the S106 Provincial Road’s Route Changing and the Comprehensive Development of the Northeast District, Fuping County, the People’s Government of Fuping County, Shaanxi Province applied to the

• Tencent signs deal with Palace Museum to promote traditional culture

Tencent, China's internet giant, has signed a three-year deal with thePalace Museum to promote traditional Chinese culture through thecreativity of today's youth.

• Archaeologial Project "Cities Overlying" in Xinzheng Gate site of Kaifeng has achieved progress

On 25th August, sites excavation of Xinzheng Gates in Kaifeng City of Henan Province.(by Li Bo)The archaeological excavation work for revealing "City on City" ruins on Xinzheng Gate sites of the capital in Northern Song Dynasty has achieved a pr

• 1,000 year old Persian cup unearthed in remote region of Arctic Russia

The find of the fragment of the medieval bronze cup - from modern-day Iran - was made by scientists on an expedition to monitor permafrost on the Gydan Peninsula for the first time in a quarter of a century.

• A Chen Family Graveyard of the Tang Dynasty Found in Naobaowan, Inner Mongolia

From August to November, 2015, Institute of Archaeology and Culture Relics of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and other institutions conducted an exploration and excavation to the tomb groups in Naobaowan. The tomb groups were located at the northeast ma

• UNESCO Director-General welcomes opening of trial on the destruction of heritage in Timbuktu

UNESCO today welcomed the opening of the hearings of the case of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for alleged war crimes and the destruction of historical monuments and buildings of religious significance,

• Nepal’s museums re-opening post-earthquake

Today, progress from ongoing partnership and hard work can be celebrated.

• Major imperial house in Forbidden City under renovation

The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, has begun torenovate one of its major former imperial courtyard houses in an effort tobetter protect a building that is nearly 500 years old and to set an examplefor preserving other historical building

• Ancient coins on display in Xi'an museum

More than 400 ancient coins spanning a history of 2,500 years will be ondisplay in a museum in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.

• The Silk Road and Russian Ethnic Cultural Heritage

The Silk Road and Russian Ethnic Cultural Heritage is jointly launched by the Russian Museum of Ethnography and the National Museum of China. The 594 exhibits provided by the Russian Museum of Ethnography epitomize the unique culture of peoples in souther

• World's oldest needle found in Siberian cave that stitches together human history

The 7 centimetre (2 3/4 inch) needle was made and used by our long extinct Denisovan ancestors, a recently-discovered hominin species or subspecies.

• Found: grave of Siberian noblewoman up to 4,500 years old - with links to native Americans

The Okunev people are seen as the Siberian ethnic grouping most closely related to Native Americans. In other words, it was ancestors of the Okunevs who populated America, evidently using primitive boats to venture to the ice-covered Beringia land bridge

• Relics from Jiuliandun Tombs to be display in Sichuan

To prepare for the exhibition of the relics, workers are busy arranging exhibits in the Jinsha Site Museum. Excavated in the city of Zaoyang in Hubei in 2002, the Jiuliandun Tombs consist of a tomb of a general and his wife, according to Wang Fang, an arc

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