• Tattooed owners of the world's oldest carpets get health check after 2,200 years
Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.
Mummified potentate and wife were found in burial mound 42 metres in diameter, and they went to the next life alongside 9 geldings, saddled and harnessed.
The recent discovery of the grave of an ancient soldier is challenging accepted wisdom among archaeologists
As the nation teetered on the brink of war in the 1930s, two Western-educated thinkers struck out for the hinterlands to save their country's riches
Archaeologists excavated the city wall and the moat at the orchard and nursery of Langshe District, Kuqa Town
Ali Hribish stands by the Arch of Septimius Severus which dominates Libya’s ancient city of Leptis Magna, brandishing letters of gratitude for his efforts to protect the site. The former electricity company employee in his 50s has become the Roman city’s
Shanghai Qinglong Town Confirmed By Archaeological Excavation As Important Port of Maritime Silk Road During Tang And Song Dynasties Located in the Baihe town of Qingpu District, Qinglong Town site was the first trading port of Shanghai. The Archaeologi
On the afternoon of 22nd November, the“Measures for the Protection of Historic Sites Along the Maritime Silk Road in Ningbo City”(“Measures”) was reviewed and officially approved by the 90th executive meeting of Ningbo Municipal Government.
This involves shining a light on the artefact and then measuring the amount of light that bounces back.
The Silk Road serves as the ancient route that connects the east with the west, the Asian with the European continent, and refers to the related geographic and cultural regions.
新疆交河故城环境监测和预警系统项目顺利通过初验 Project of Environmental Monitoring and Early Warning System of Jiaohe Ancient City, Xinjiang Province Passes Preliminary Acceptance 翻译：刘杰文 2016年10月14日，吐鲁番市文物局组织相关单位和专家组成验收小组，对交河故城遗址文物本体及环境监测预警系统进行了竣工验收。依照项目验收程序和要求，验收小组对整个项目的设备安装、
The Silk Road Archaeology Committee Under China Institute of Archaeology founded For enhancing the communication and cooperation in the area of Silk Road archaeology and its relevant fields, and promoting the development of Chinese archaeological research
The over five-year long archaeological excavation of the tomb of Haihunhou (Marquis of Haihun) has completed, reported by CNR News of the Voice of China. Liu He, who used to be an emperor of the Han Dynasty, King of Changyi, and Marquis of Haihun, was the
Inaugural Meeting of the Silk Road Archaeology Committee of ChineseSociety of Archaeology took place concurrently
Did an unusually favorable climate create conditions for a new political order under Chinggis Khan?
Archaeological Results of the Silk Road Cultural Sites Released and the Cultural Relics of Yuezhi Confirmed On the International Symposium on “One Belt and Road”, archaeological results of historical and cultural sites of the Silk Road was published. CN
Remain of Buddha’s Feet was Discovered at Subashi Buddhist Temple Ruins A piece of Buddha’s feet was discovered in the north part of the West Subashi Temple’s main hall, where Professor Wanli Ran from the School of Cultural Relics at the Northwest Unive
The Momumental Work of the Chinese Scholarship on the Silk Road: an Review of Huang Wenbi’s Xiyu shidi kaogu lunji/The Analects of the Archaeology of the History and Geography of the Western Regions Huang Wenbi (1893-1966) is the renowned archaeolog
The First Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo Opens at Dunhuang On September 20th, jointly sponsored by the People’s Government of Gansu Province, the Ministry of Culture, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and
Tang Brick Road found at Kucha, with ‘OR code’Sealed Recently, according to information reported by local people, the Kucha Bureau of Cultural Relics excavated ancient pathways made by black bricks at the 5 meter depth in a construction site near the big
The Exhibition of “The Silk Road Yutian——Blending of Culture and Art” “Followed by the strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative for exuding the charms of culture of Xinjiang, The Silk Road Yutian——Blending of Culture and Art: The Exhibition on Top-Notch W
Longweipai Site is located in Dongyuan county, Heyuan city, Guangdong province. Guangdong Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics and Dongyuan Museum have conducted the salvage excavation to the site since January, 2016. With an excavation
Xunjiansi is a department with the military and administrative functions,responsible for patrol and seizing the criminals. The Ming dynasty Nutan Village Xunjiansi ruinsis situated in Nanmu Town, Guiping, Guangxi Province.The Ming Dynasty Patrol and Inspe
From July 6 to September 1, 2016, academics and students from School of Archaeology and Museology of History Department in Renmin University of China carried out, for the first time, the archaeological excavations at both ruins of Quanshuigou and Dumudu’e
The Mid-Autumn Festival, the day for enjoying the moon and immersing in nostalgia for the past, is drawing near. When you look up at the vast sky, the moon and millions of stars, what you have known is the stars are as far as several billion light-years a
“Followed by the strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative for exuding the charms of culture of Xinjiang, The Silk Road Yutian——Blending of Culture and Art
On the afternoon of September 8th, with the team of more than 20 off-road vehicles returning to Kashi in Xinjiang, 2016 “the Silk Road- Kunlun River source route” comprehensive expedition since September 1st completely ended.
2016 The Silk Road "Kunlun River Source Route" comprehensive science expedition was launched by the Silk Road (Xinjiang) International Culture Development Center, lasting from September 1st to 8th.
In order to improve the monitoring and management of the world heritage sites of our city and popularize the knowledge of world cultural heritage reporting and monitoring, Xi'an World Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Management Training Course
There is an old saying that “travel for a thousand miles to visit Hangzhou half for the West Lake and half for the silk”. In the early golden autumn of September, the well-known G20 summit 2016 received important guests from all over the world in Hangzhou
China Post officially launched the special stamp“Monk Xuan Zang”with a set of two stamps and one sheetlet, which were named“Going to the West for Buddhism”,“Returning to the East and Translate Buddhist Scriptures”and “Portrait of Xuan Zang”.
Two decades ago, construction workers discovered a cache while digging a foundation for a school in Qingzhou city in East China's Shandong province. Then, archaeologists found it belonged to a relic site of the Longxing Temple that was built around the fi
Recently, the team of comprehensive scientific investigation carried out a field trip for a 2500-year- old Zoroastrianism site in Taxkorgan.
Titled “New Discoveries in Central Asian Sites from the late Bronze Age to the Iron Age,” the talk given by Professor Nikolaus Boroffka from the German Archaeological Institute focused on the site Molali of the late Bronze Age and Bandikhan of the early I
According to Tibetan historical materials, the eulogy by Nag-tsho Lo-tsa-ba Tshul-khrims-rgyal-ba to Atisa, the Bangladeshi eminent monk and one of the forefathers of Tibetan Buddhism, described the birth place of Atisa – Vikrampura.
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
搜索复制This July, an archaeological report titled The Excavation Report of the Phùng Nguyên Cultural Site at Yili, Vietnam was published. It summarizes the archaeological work over the last ten years. This excavation at Vietnam was initiated in 2006 by the S
Recently, 140 cultural relics were discovered by archaeologists from the Northwestern Uuniversity during their investigation and excavation of the site of the Subashi Temple at present Kuqa county, Aksu Region, Xinjiang Province. This discovery supports t
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
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
On July.27th,Curator Forum of Sino-Japan Museum Exchanges and Cooperation organized by the SPBCH and the Shaanxi History Museum was held in Xi'an.
As the important cradle of Chinese nationality and civilizations,Shaanxi enjoys abundant and unique cultural resources and rich cultural residues. As the starting point of the ancient Silk Road,Shaanxi is an important window to showcase splendid Chinese t
Ancient items of jewellery found by archeologists on Taymyr peninsula are stone labrets which were inserted into the face below the bottom lip.
In order to well preserve and research on cultural heritages of grottoes along the Silk Road, Gansu officials broke the original management system and transferred the management of the north grotto and two world heritage sites: Maijishan grottoes and Bing
Recently ,in the southern suburbs of Xi’an,our archaeologists excavated a tomb of the Northern dynasties, where Tuyuhun Princess and her husband are buried. This important archaeological discovery provide a valuable material for the national history rease
搜索复制According to the arrangement of the National Heritage Board, Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau issued "the Special Inspection Scheme of the Enforcement of the Great Wall in the Whole Province" on July 27th , which demanded 11 cities an
In the fourteenth year of the Tang Zhenguan period (640 A.D.), Emperor Tai Zong of the Tang Dynasty instituted the “Tingzhou Prefecture” in the North Slope of the East Tianshan Mountains where the Site of Beiting City used to locate.
International Academic Symposium on Sanxingdui Relics and World’s Ancient Civilizations and Commemoration of 30th Anniversary of the Discovery of Sanxingdui Sacrifice Pits Held
The Kizil Caves sits on the cliffs on the northern bank of the Muzat River, 7 kilometers southeast of Kizil town in Baicheng County, Xinjiang, China. Kizil in the Uygur language means red.
Yesterday, the "Luoyang Evening News" reporter witnessed the changes of the ancient city site in Luoyang after implementation of protection and remediation projects. The landscape lake has been filled with clean water and the whole site look
In mid-July, organized by the Xinjiang Team of the Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, archaeological work in the year of 2016 on Beshbalik City Ruins is officially started.
On July 25, according to wall construction, unearthed cultural relics, laminated cultural layers and the contained relics fragments of Beshbalik City Ruins, the Xinjiang archaeological team of the Institute of Archeology of Chinese Academy of Social Scien
Recently, the German Bundestag adopted a new Law on the Protection of Cultural Property. German State Minister of Culture Monika Grütters emphasized that the new Law on the Protection of Cultural Property will more effectively protect the precious cultura
This excavation confirmed that the earliest and most intact pre-historical cemetery in Chengdu Plain, which provide important archaeological material for Neolithic demography, ethnology, pathology in Chengdu Plain
In mid-to-late June, Samarkand, small scattered earth yellow houses and glazed turquoise spire add radiance and beauty to each other in the blue sky and white clouds. This ancient city in Middle Asia, which located in the heartland of the ancient Silk Roa
On July,18th, Shaanxi-Bokhara archaeological meeting was held in Bokhara, Uzbekitan. Ms. Wang Lixia, vice-governor of Shaanxi Province participated and addressed in the meeting. Mr.Zhao Rong, director of the SPBCH, and Ms. Wang Bin,director of the Museum
On 22nd June, Beiting Study and Research Institute was established in Jmusar, where the site of Bashbaliq City locates, on the second anniversary of the inscription of the World Cultural Heritage “the Silk Roads: Routes network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corr
Sites of Koshoj-Korgon, Shyrdakbek, Cholok-Korgon, caravan-sarays Tash-Rabat and Manakeldy are in quite good condition; however state of adobe walls is not stable. Especially for Koshoj-Korgon, where ...
Forum on communication and cooperation in the protection of cultural heritage in the countries along “One Belt One Road” held in Xi’an On May 13, 2016, the forum on communication and cooperation in the protection of cultural heritage in the countries al
From August 16th to 19th,the international seminar entitled the Early-Period Stone City and the Civilization Advancement ——the international Seminar of Shenmu Shimao site was held at the site location county, Shenmu County, Shaanxi, China.