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
By Liang Shuang | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-12-27 20:43In a pioneering study, scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai have delved into the ancient DNA of individuals from a mass cemetery in Gansu province, revealing compelling insights into t
By WEN CHENGHAO | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2023-12-19 08:12Wen Chenghao (second from left) and archaeologists from home and abroad conduct an excavation at Dobrovat in Romania in July.From June to September this year, after a three-year suspension due to th
By Wang Ru | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2023-12-19 07:36An archaeologist cleans an artifact from the shipwreck, which was located in the Shengbeiyu sea off Zhangzhou, Fujian province.Shipwreck provides archaeologists with new clues to the extent of trade 700
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-12-18 14:03Dunhuang, located in Northwest China's Gansu province, was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road, with profound history and rich culture. What does Dunhuang look like today?From Dec 5 to 8, the micro-varie
Xinhua | Updated: 2023-12-09 11:10Lacquerware discovered in a Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) tomb recently excavated in Chongqing. CHONGQING — A well-preserved tomb from the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), with a clear record of the year it was se
