Jade shroud sewn with gold wires, jade burial pillow with gilt bronze frame, all for Dou Wan. The burial garb of a regal woman who left barely a trace has crowds gaspingFor one who was given such an ostentatious sendoff when she died, the most surprising
Bronze wine retriever with birdshaped handle (left); gilt bronze elephant and groom. The people had an eye on heaven and a hand on the present, being masters of art and nation buildingChiming music rings out. Women with willowy waists dance, throwing thei
It was a discovery five years in the making. Back in 2012, an Egyptian-Czech archaeological team discovered initial evidence of a temple in the Abusir necropolis southwest of the country's capital. Now, according to Egypt'sMinistry of Antiquities, the tea
Never finished or used, the small theater has been sought for more than a century by archaeologists
At the ongoing exhibition,Traveling Around the World: Chinese Dragons on Banknotes and Coins, currency exhibits are on display, showing the dragon grow to become ancient China's imperial symbol. New exhibition detailing the depiction of the creature in cu
A bronze right arm, preserved from the shoulder to the fingers, was recently recovered from the Antikythera shipwreck. (Brett Seymour/EUA/ARGO)A graceful bronze arm that was once attached to a statue dating to the first century was recently recovered from
For 3,000 years, cuneiform was the primary means of communication in the Middle East and Mediterranean.
An exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing is showcasing over 300 objects, half of which are designated as first-class artifacts. They are on loan from about 30 museums and archaeological institutions across the country. An ongoing exhibitio
Pottery figurines of people on horses from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), on display at Dunhuang's International Convention and Exhibition Center in northwest China's Gansu province on Sept 21, 2017. More than 3,500 exhibits from both China and abroad are on
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012, President Xi Jinping has put forward a series of major discourses on promoting the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture, which shows the Part
China's major archaeological discoveries were selected from the list of significant archaeological finds announced by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) from 2011 to 2016.Each year, 10 significant finds are selected from a group of candi
Ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece.Credit: Motty Levy/ShutterstockArcheologists and other scientists have long known that intoxicating gases emanating from water flowing from deep within the earth likely produced the visions of the oracle of
Researchers carefully conserve an Osiris statuette found within the favissa. It's possible the statue of the god Ptah was placed with the Osiris statuettes because Osiris was the god of rebirth.Credit: Copyright J. Maucor/ CFEETK-CNRS-MoA; Copyright Antiq
A statue of Leonidas was erected in 1968 in Sparta, Greece.Credit:Anastasios71|ShutterstockSparta is a city in Laconia, on the Peloponnese in Greece. In antiquity, it was a powerful city-state with a famous martial tradition. Ancient writers sometimes ref
Online journalists view a set of bronze chime bells from the Warring States period at the Jingzhou Museum. A group of online journalists from big media event "Exploring the ancient Chu culture" traced the ancient Chu civilization in Jingzhou, Ce
A copy of the Ding ceramic pillow by the lateartist Chen Wenzeng, featuring a baby boy is on show at the National Museum of China. An ongoing exhibition inBeijingshowcases the excellence of the 'five great kilns' of imperial China. Lin Qi reports.Some 40
As one of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, China has pledged to preserve its natural and cultural heritage.
The Atlas of Ancient Rome looks at the city over the course of its evolution in remarkable detail
One of the great marvels of the ancient world, the city of Petra stands as a monument to a thriving civilization thousands of years ago, in what is now Jordan. Spectacular photos of the Nabatean metropolis — much of which was carved directly into vertical
In a remote corner of northwest China, a recently excavated 3,000-year-old sun altar offers clues to how the region's tribal cultures practiced religion thousands of years ago.
Forensic techniques that are used to solve modern homicide cases helped American anthropologists reveal family resemblances in 2,000-year-old skulls from the Roman Empire.
The fiery end of the last Egyptian colony
A single big toe is revealing significant information about ancient medicine.
Taijiasi site is situated in Sanhe village, Zhuzhai town, Funan County, Anhui province. Since 2014, A 3-year period archaeological work was carried out by Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Department of Archaeology of Schoo
The ancient catacombs of St. Domitilla sprawl for more than 10 miles (17 kilometers) in a labyrinth of tunnels beneath Rome and contain numerous tombs, many belonging to the city's elite.
The Egyptians used to believe that literacy was divine, a gift from baboon-faced Thoth, the god of knowledge.
The city was well ahead of its time - it was the largest settlement in the region before the Middle Ages.
The Ministry of Culture announced that the upcoming 2017 Cultural and Natural Heritage Day will include over 1,700 activities at a press conference on Tuesday.
The Capital Museum is holding a show on major archaeological discoveries in China, Wang Kaihao reports.
ASTANA – The Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sports has allocated 100 million tenge (US$319,400) for the first stage of reconstructing the ancient settlement of Saraishyk, reported Tengrinews on Apr. 3.
The ancient skeleton surprised archeologists because he appeared to be dancing when his grave was opened in Primosky Krai. Archeologist Denis Volkov, 35, said: 'We jokingly nicknamed this skeleton Mikhail.
There has been much debate about the purpose of these artworks, known as Nilotic landscapes.
Huahaizi No.1 Site is the biggest and the nearby Meiyierman area consists of ten sites, located surrounding the major springs in Huahaizi. The archaeological team excavated four Sites, finding that these stone piles are mainly sacrificial remains surround
Tiny wooden figurines have stood upright "weaving" at appropriately sized looms for more than 2,100 years in a Chinese tomb containing the remains of a middle-age woman, a new study finds.
Archaeologists exploring a mysterious tomb in Egypt were in for a surprise when they discovered more than 1,000 statues and eight mummies. The incredible haul was found in an ancient noble's tomb on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor.
Local authorities in Beijing have beefed up security for the Ming imperial tombs afterseveral cultural relics were reported missing in March, an incident that reveals the laxity ofChina’s historic preservation efforts.
The martial figures buried with the first Chinese emperor were discovered in 1974. But the tomb they guard hasn’t even been opened, writes Jonathan Glancey.
The ancient mummy's beautiful red and black stripy boots have been restored.
The 3,200-year-old mounds showed horses were buried individually nearby human graves.
King Idrimi is getting digitized and his autobiography is as relevant as ever
When you enter Room 7 of the British Museum, after passing through two colossal lamassus, you are taken through time to the North-West Palace of the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE).
Every spring, Jewish people the world over celebrate Passover, a holiday that recounts the Exodus, when, according to the Torah (the Old Testament of the Bible), the Jews left Egypt for Israel.
China's cultural relics now have national ID cards. A report by the State Council on Friday shows that there are 108 million moveable cultural relics in State-owned institutions on the Chinese mainland, based on a five-year national study, the first since
Jianyaomiao Cemetery from Western Jin period was located in Xinhe Town, Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province. From July 2015 to September 2016, its salvage excavation was carried out by a joint archaeological team consisting of Nanjing Museum, Xuzhou Museum and
With temperatures set to rise in the coming decades, investigating the issue of whether climate change can exacerbate conflict is becoming more and more relevant. Looking at how past civilisations fared in the face of changing climatic conditions offers i
When archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann traveled to Ithaca, Greece in 1868, one goal was foremost in his mind: discovering the ancient city of Troy using Homer’s Iliad. The epic poem was widely believed to be no more than a myth, but Schliemann was convinc
Impressive artifacts from Ancient Greece found at the Apollonia Pontica antique necropolis in the Budjaka area of the Black Sea port town of Sozopol were on display at the 10th national exhibition called Bulgarian Archaeology, and the antiques on display
A widely reported claim that a 1st Century coin has been discovered showing the true likeness of Jesus Christ as a warrior and King of Edessa has been demolished by historians of religion.
Until now, the city of Ucetia was only known by name and by a few isolated mosaic fragments.
There are more than 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage sites stretched across nearly every country on earth, and visiting all of them would probably take a lifetime (travel blogger Gary Arndt had visited nearly 300 as of 2015). And even then it would take a litt
Since ancient times, the dragon has been a symbol of imperial power, and its image has been portrayed in many paintings, as well as on bronze wares, copper mirrors, jade wares, porcelain and stone carvings.
Seven countries and a donor have pledged $75.5 million (70 million euros) to a UNESCO-backed fund aimed atprotecting the world's cultural heritage against war and terrorism.
The recent plundering of priceless artefacts from Syria and Iraq by both terrorists and criminal gangs has taken place on an unprecedented scale.
They found the coffins after digging an area the size of two soccer fields in Shuangyuan village in Dawang town, Qingbaijiang district of Chengdu.
In this exclusive interview, James Blake Wiener of the Ancient History Encyclopedia speaks with Dr. Kenneth Atkinson, Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa, about this most distinct and enigmatic of ancient monarchs.
From June to August 2016, the Institute of Archaeology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences conducted archaeological excavation work at the Huanbei City Site of the Shang Dynasty in Anyang. The excavation area was located outside the Palace of Huanbei City,
ASUKA, Nara Prefecture--Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a mystery building that was erected on the site of an ancient square here that figured large in events during the late sixth century to early eighth century.
This month’s masterpiece from Hadrian’s Villa is a series of heavily restored mosaic panels depicting bucolic scenes with animals.
From 2010 to 2016, Archaeological Research Department of Shanghai Museum has carried out a long-term exploration and excavation at Qinglong town site in Baihe town, Qingpu district, Shanghai. They found many new discoveries and achieved important archaeol
Looting reaches across the centuries—and modern China’s economic strata
At the world’s oldest monastery, new technology is making long-lost manuscripts available to anyone with an Internet connection
ASUKA, Nara Prefecture--A jumble of stones uncovered here offers undisputed evidence of a burial mound dating from the mid-seventh century that very likely was the final resting place of an emperor, researchers say.
Kneeling archer (221-206 BC), earthenware, excavated in 2001 from the tomb complex of Emperor Qin Shihuang. Courtesy of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum MuseumAge of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han DynastiesMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York3 April-16 Jul
As the battle to save Iraq from ISIS continues, Smithsonian experts are helping local people preserve their history
