At Miles upon miles: world heritage along the Silk Road exhibition in Hong Kong, a visitor is gazing at a male corpse clothed in luxurious silk, unearthed in Xinjiang. In 53 BC Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general and politician who once acted as a co
An ancient bronze tripod is displayed at the National Museum of China during a show.Chinese museums currently attract 900 million annual visits. And with more museums opening up, the footfalls are set to keep growing. Wang Kaihao reports.As vice-president
During the excavations in Megiddo, an untouched burial of 3,600 years was discovered in Israel. The site is located 30 km south of Haifa in the north of the country.Once Megiddo was an important strategic center in Canaan, connecting important trade route
The largest treasure trove in Japan was found in Saitama Prefecture, the find is exhibited in the prefecture’s cultural treasury in Kumagaya.“This is the largest coin discovery in Japan in a clay pitcher, and it is also the largest in terms of the number
A music studio for experiments with sound will be created in the Republic of Altai to recreate the unique artifact of antiquity, the “Scythian harp”, and give it the opportunity to sound.“Thanks to the work of archaeologists, folklorists, restorers, compo
During the construction of the new stations of the Rome Metro, the workers discovered a well-preserved house of an ancient commander with mosaics, frescoes and marble floors. The building dates from the 2nd century AD.The house was found at a depth of 12
Chinese archaeologists have discovered the well-preserved ruins of a city 2 thousand years old in the province of Sichuan in southwest China.Specialists of the Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archaeological Research Institute have discovered the ruins of hous
Remains of the Roman aqueduct of the I century AD. They were discovered in Spain after a severe storm of Emma struck the region. The structure was found on the beach of Cortadura in the city of Cadiz in the south of the country.In addition to the aqueduct
Archaeologists have discovered several ancient hand mirrors during the excavation of a Roman villa in Bulgaria in the Pavlikeni area.The finds date back to the II – III centuries. AD In total, scientists found 5 mirrors of mirrors. Items were found in a s
(Mordechai Aviam/Kinneret College on the Sea Galilee/Israel Science Foundation)Donor inscription, Galilee, IsraelWhile excavating threeByzantine churches in Galilee, archaeologists from Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee uncovered seven intact mosaic
Archaeologists in Rome have recently discovered a 1,900-year-old home that would have belonged to a Roman military commander. It is located beside a barracks that housed Roman soldiers. The home has 14 rooms as well as the remains of a courtyard, fountain
Inside the military commander's house, archaeologists found the remains of mosaic floors made with white marble and grey slate. Many of the mosaics were decorated with geometric patterns.Credit: Ministero Dei Beni E Delle Attività Culturali Del TurismoArc
The burial mound is not only the largest and earliest Scythian burial, but it may have also preserved the mummies of Scythian kingsThe archaeologist of the Swiss National Science Foundation, Gino Caspari, discovered an intact Scythian mound over 3,000 yea
In the Catholic Cathedral of Saints Martin and Nicholas in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz discovered a treasure, consisting of almost 500 gold coins and 200 gold items.Treasures were hidden after 1652, when the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealt
Visitors viewBunian Tu, a celebrated painting of the Tang Dynasty depicting Emperor Taizong receiving Tibetan envoy Gar Tongtsen Yulsung. The rarely seen masterpieceBunian Tu, also known as Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy, is on show at an ong
Mike P. Shepherd/Alamy Stock Photo)Merchants’ quarter at KaneshThe world’s earliest evidencefor a robust long-distance trading network comes in the form of thousands of clay tablets excavated from the Bronze Age site of Kanesh, in central Turkey. From abo
Three lost adjoining ancient cities are helping to clear up mysteries surrounding the Xiongnu, the bellicose Mongolian nomads of 2,000 years ago who disappeared from history about 453 AD.Not much is known about the Xiongnu except they shook world history
Amanyangyun Shanghai features old houses and trees transplanted from Jiangxi province. The hotel has the most expensive rooms in China, ranging from $950 to $12,700 per night. Traditional Chinese homes are quickly vanishing from the landscape as China's d
At least 40 limestone sarcophagi that held mummified burials were discovered in the cemetery. One of them is pictured here.Credit: Egyptian Antiquities MinistryArchaeologists have discovered a 2,300-year-old underground cemetery that holds burials of the
This 2,700-year-old seal impression contains the Hebrew name for "Isaiah" and may refer to the biblical prophet who lived at the same time.Credit: Ouria Tadmor/copyrightEilat MazarSome 2,700 years ago, someone pressed a seal bearing the name Isa
(Marco Merola)Cupids riding sea monsters and dolphins, rendered in stucco, pull an elegant green drape on the frescoed wall of a newly re-excavated Roman villa in Positano. The use of figural stucco is rare in domestic contexts, appearing more commonly in
The ancient mosaic was discovered under a 1,500-year-old building, which was likely used as a place for gathering and socialising.Byzantine era mosaic unearthed in IsraelJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty ImagesArchaeologists have unearthed a rare mosaicdating back to t
The Capital Museum will show some of the rarest relics from the Tibet autonomous region, such as a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) statue of a Tibetan Buddhist abbot.Capital Museum in Beijing is to start its Chinese New Year celebrations with a major display. Wa
Ming Dynasty gold accessories from Qichun Museum on display at a 2016 exhibition in the University of Southern California Pacific Art Museum in Los Angeles. Wherever you are on the planet, chances are that one of these days you'll be able to admire the re
More than 1,100 cultural artifacts recovered after a robbery are displayed in Xi'an. Authorities are determined to capture and punish professional criminals who break into ancient graves and steal age-old treasures, as Zhang Yan reports.Turning a corner n
Late minister Zhang Naiqi's collection of antiquities are on display in Beijing. Lin Qi reports.Historian Zhang Lifan recalls his childhood home in a siheyuan, the traditional quadrangle-style courtyard house of Beijing, being decorated with hardwood furn
In 1912 the shepherds from the village of Malaya Pereshchepina of the Poltava province came across a sandstone on one of the largest treasures in Europe, containing articles of gold and silver. A c
Three thousand arrowheads and 10 bronze artifacts in the form of snakes, possibly of> In addition, the researchers found clay urns and a large number of fragments of vessels. According to archaeolo
The Indian village of Ellora has become famous throughout the world for its multi-story cave complex of temples. The most grandiose and incredible of all the cave constructions of Ellora is, undoubt
Necropolis is a legendary ghost town with golden domes and dead ones. Despite its name, it was built for the living, all encrusted with gold and stones.The Legend of the City of Necropolis1352 BCE The great king Merzovy wanted to have a city of gold. Earl
Another mystery remains the eyes of Egyptian statues, or rather the secret of their manufacture from small fragments of rock crystal. These lenses were usually placed in the eye sockets of sculptures made of wood or limestone. The skill of the execution o
In total, history knows four such hats, named after the places where they were discovered. Scientists believe that they were all produced and used in the Bronze Age, that is, no later than 800 BC. And to be more precise, in the middle of this period.The f
Many world riddles and mysteries are connected with world archeology. And not always these riddles lie on the surface and are as huge as the Egyptian pyramids. Sometimes they easily fit and, I’m in the hands of a man, but many centuries and millennia are
Where did the Sumerians come from is not clear. Language researchers suggest that the Sumerian language is associated with Mongolian, Turkish or Hungarian and conclude that the Sumerians immigrated
Unlike their pyramids in Egypt, Chinese counterparts are not very well known around the world. No, they are not just not known, they are> And even more mysterious is that only 1994 the Austrian arc
Ain DaraCredit: Syrian Human Rights ObservatoryThe 3,000-year-old temple of Ain Dara in Syria has reportedly been badly damaged by airstrikes between Jan. 20 and 22, 2018.Before damageCredit: Michael DantiAin Dara is located northwest of Aleppo, near Syri
Turbulent events surrounding the Rosetta Stone are being revealed by new excavations in the ancient Egyptian city of Thmuis
British researchers have developed a scanning technique that allows you to read records made on scraps of papyrus, which were used in the burial of mummies. Among the interesting documents are shopping lists and tax returns.In ancient Egypt, the swaddled
Girsu is an ancient Sumerian city located in modern Iraq. Girsu was located in southern Mesopotamia, halfway between the Tigris and the Euphrates. In the III millennium BC. e. The city was in alliance with two closely located cities connected by waterways
An unexpectedly well-preserved mirror, made in China about 1.9 thousand years ago, was discovered by archaeologists in the Japanese city of Fukuoka.The artifact of the Yayoi period was found in the area of the Nakashima archaeological monume
The Dead Sea Scrolls on display at Qumran in 2010.Credit: ShutterstockThe burial of a warrior who lived and (literally) died by the sword, a new tomb in the Valley of the Kings and a cave that may have held Dead Sea Scrolls — these are just some of the bi
A photo reveals the face of the thin clay seal.Credit: Courtesy of the Israeli Antiquities AuthorityArchaeologists have discovered a 2,700-year-old clay stamp near Jerusalem's Western Wall that seems to shed some light on the political structure of the an
The ruins of a 1,500-year-old church were unearthed during salvage excavations in Israel.Credit: Israel Antiquities AuthorityThe remains of a 1,500-year-old monastery and church, complete with a colorful mosaic floor, have been unearthed in Israel.The Isr
An Italian farmer plowed a field near the small town of Citta della Pieve (Umbria, the central part of the country) when he discovered under the plow some kind of emptiness. Arriving at the site of the find, archaeologists quickly realized that before the
One and a half thousand years under the water. The expedition of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered three ancient anchors off the coast of Sevastopol. Underwater archaeologists work on the basis of the Center f
Soup dishCredit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsA 3,100-year-old tomb filled with bronze food vessels that have incredible designs has been discovered in Baoji City in China. This photo shows a "tureen," a vessel that is often used to ser
The lost caravanserais of the Silk Road in Afghanistan have recently been uncovered using satellite imagery. Here, a satellite image of a 17th century carvanserai, or waystation.Credit: Digitalglobe, Inc.Spy satellite imagery is revealing lost Silk Road o
Researchers believe the hydraulic system may be the oldest in the world.
BYSPACE· NOVEMBER 27, 2017The sculpture could adorn the building in the city, where, according to the Christian tradition, the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip lived.A splendidly preserved statue of a lioness, carved from a single piece of basalt, was fo
Divers have discovered the remains of three Roman-era shipwrecks, along with a votive bark likely dedicated to the god Osiris, off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt.Credit: Egypt Ministry of AntiquitiesThree Roman-era shipwrecks have been uncovered just off
More than 2,200 silver denier and oboli coins were found, alongside 21 Muslim dinars.
People examine relics on Tuesday that were recovered in a special operation in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The launch of China's national internet platform that provides information about lost or stolen cultural relics will help netizens create even more suc
The 4,000-year-old Assyrian marriage contract.Credit: Turp, AB. et al. Gynecological Endocrinology, 2017Kim Kardashian made headlines recently for using a surrogate to carry her unborn child, but the practice of surrogacy — albeit in a different form — is
A digger works at the archaeological site of the three royal baths unearthed in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. Three royal baths have been unearthed among the ruins of an ancient city in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, archaeologists said.They were found in August dur
This statue of a bodhisattva (an individual who seeks enlightenment) is one of over 260 statues that was discovered buried near the cremated remains of what an inscription says is the Gautama Buddha (also known as Siddhārtha Gautama, Sākyamuni Buddha or s
Cremated human remains were found inside this ceramic box. An inscription found nearby says that they were buried Jun. 22, 1013 and belong to the Buddha. It is not certain if the statues were buried along with the remains.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cu
The north entrance of the Palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete.Credit:Andrei Nekrassov|ShutterstockThe Palace of Knossos is located just south of modern-day Heraklion near the north coast of Crete. Built by a civilization that we call theMinoans
A show opening at the Sackler dramatizes the various meanings that the people of Egypt once associated with cats
The hull of the ship was cracked, suggesting it was hit and took on water, leading to it being wrecked some 700 years ago.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsArchaeologists have uncovered a shipwreck buried under silt and mud that dates back aro
The newly discovered Coptic gravestone.Credit: Egypt Ministry of AntiquitiesArchaeologists unearthed an ancient Coptic tombstone during a dig Sunday (Oct. 22), according to Egypt's antiquities ministry.The tombstone is decorated with a cross and Coptic in
This 2,000-year-old wooden chariot was buried alongside the remains of two horses and a dog, as well as the remains of a nobleman from Thrace, in what is now Bulgaria.Credit: UBB/Veselin IgnatovThe photo of an ancient Thracian chariot alongside the bones
Click toVisit the VideoArchaeologists discovered the theater-like structure during a recent excavation beneath Wilson's arch in the tunnels of the Western Wall. The team was hoping to find artifacts that would help them date Wilson's arch — a structure ma
On the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea, two gold rings and a gold coin dating from the 5th century BC were discovered. AD According to archaeologists, the find testifies to the fact that the inhabitants of the island had close ties with the
Gilt bronze finials in the shape of mythical beasts inlaid with glass. After toppling its adversary, a dynasty of 2,200 years ago paid due respect to the ways of its predecessorQin, whose first emperor united China for the first time, and Han, the dynasty
