By Liang Shuang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-12-11 22:10In response to growing concerns over the deteriorating state of the Great Wall, China's cultural heritage authorities issued a circular recently outlining enhanced measures to safeguard this i
With a rich historical background, the traditional culture of Xizang has exhibited renewed vitality and garnered widespread attention and protection during China's modernization process, an expert said on Wednesday.The China Society for Human Rights Studi
By WANG RU in Beijing and QIN FENG in Xi'an | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-03-04 08:32A four-wheeled wooden carriage, the first of its kind found in China, discovered in a passage of a tomb that is part of the Qinshihuang mausoleum complex in Xi'an,
By Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2024-03-05 07:50A carriage and horse from the Eastern Han Dynasty.Guizhou exhibition provides a tantalizing glimpse into an ancient culture, Yang Feiyue and Yang Jun report in Guiyang.A tomb offering of
By Fang Aiqing | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-03-07 08:39A foreign reporter scrutinizes a Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) bronze ding cauldron at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing on Feb 27. Reporters from domestic and for
Details of official's career help researchers build a picture of life 2,000 years ago, Fang Aiqing and Liu Kun report.By Fang Aiqing and Liu Kun | China Daily | Updated: 2024-03-09 09:42Zhiri slips unearthed from Shuihudi Tomb M77 in Hubei province. CHINA
China Daily | Updated: 2024-03-16 10:05Members of the archaeological team.Hunching over with shovel in hand, 30-year-old Zhu Yingpei is at work in a newly excavated tomb in Xianyang in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. She is accompanied by a group of f
China's strides in space technology are now enriching the preservation of cultural relics, as spacecraft engineers have repurposed a robot originally designed for orbital missions to protect tomb artifacts. The China Academy of Space Technology recently a
By Wang Ru | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-03-23 00:57The top 10 new archaeological discoveries in China in 2023 were announced in Beijing on Friday. The projects are prominent representatives of field archaeological work in the past year. Incredible
By YAN DONGJIE | China DailySu Bomin (right) discusses preservation work on a Buddhist statue at the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province. The Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics protection team was honored with the title of National Outstanding Engi
URUMQI — At the northwestern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, a modern oasis city has emerged over a period of two decades.About 10 kilometers north of the downtown area, the ruins of an ancient city sit on a mountain, with beacon to
China Daily | Updated: 2024-02-01 06:59Trainees paint a replica cave of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu province, on May 11. The replica caves are meant for educational purposes. In recent years, Dunhuang has combined cultural studies with the touri
By Wang Ru | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-01-08 11:53An academic seminar on archaeological studies in the border area of China was held in Beijing on Dec 27 and 28.Organized by the Society for Chinese Archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology at the
By Liang Shuang | China Daily | Updated: 2024-01-05 09:03An aerial photo shows the Jiayuguan Pass on the Hexi Corridor in Gansu province.LIU JINHAI/XINHUATesting conducted on remains further proof of Hexi's role as pivotal hubIn a pioneering study, scient
Xinhua | Updated: 2023-12-28 08:58The remains of a palace and barns dating back about 4,000 years have been found at two important archaeological sites in Central China's Henan province, archaeologists said last week.The two sites — the Zhuqiu Temple and
