犍陀罗造像艺术被发现的的一百多年来，引起了东方西方各国学者广泛的研究、探讨和争论的探究兴趣。斯坦因于1896年陪同法国东方学家 阿勒弗莱德·福舍（Alfred Foucher, 1905~1923）前往英属印度西北部，今天的巴基斯坦考察犍陀罗遗址。阿勒弗莱德·福舍后来出版了《犍陀罗的希腊式佛教艺术 L’Art Greco-bouddhique du Gandhara》三卷，这是世界上最大的一 ...
犍陀罗造像艺术被发现的的一百多年来，引起了东方西方各国学者广泛的研究、探讨和争论的探究兴趣。斯坦因于1896年陪同法国东方学家 阿勒弗莱德·福舍（Alfred Foucher, 1905~1923）前往英属印度西北部，今天的巴基斯坦考察犍陀罗遗址。阿勒弗莱德·福舍后来出版了《犍陀罗的希腊式佛教艺术 L’Art Greco-bouddhique du Gandhara》三卷，这是世界上最大 ...
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到了公元十世纪，五台山已成为中国佛教新兴文化中的主要朝圣地。著名的菩萨玛尼茹斯里（Mañjuśrī）的居所（以习惯在狮子上骑山而闻名），位于中国东北山西省的遗址，从道教徒长期以来一直认为是神圣的荒野变成了一个复杂的建筑。佛教寺院。 林伟成在《圣山营造》中追溯了导致这一转变的因素的汇合之处，并指出修道院建筑，而不是文 ...
Two headless statues discovered at an ancient Greek burial site depict a dead woman in a seated position and possibly her servant.(Image credit: Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports)Headless statues of a dead woman and her servant have been found in an an
最近，来自加拿大和坦桑尼亚的研究人员与非洲、北美和欧洲的伙伴合作，发表了一项新研究。整个团队正在共同努力，描述一个由石器、化石骨骼和从植物材料中获得的化学代理的大型组合。这项研究的研究人员还检查了从塞伦盖蒂平原上的一个古老的河床和湖泊露头处取回的自然火灾所产生的微小的微观硅石碎片、古老的花粉和空气中的木炭。科学家说，收集到的数据 ...
Changes in Western European burial practices spread rapidly during the 6th - 8th centuries AD, providing strong evidence that early Medieval Europe was a well-connected place with a shared culture.
The Greek goddess of love and fertility had a popular cult at the time.
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「核心提示」 本文作者Andrew Dickson既是记者，也是评论家，为《纽约时报》、《卫报》、《金融时报》和《纽约客》等撰稿，主要报道文化方面的相关资讯。Neal Spencer是一位考古学家，也是大英博物馆埃及和苏丹部的管理员。他喜欢轻装上阵，定期前往非洲东北部的苏丹。他目前发掘的遗址是公元前1500年至公元前1070年被埃及法老占领的一座古城镇。在这些 ...
许多时候，一座城市的魅力往往不是来自光速的经济建设或高精尖的科技发展，那些现代化产物仿佛只是美丽皮囊下的粉饰和华裳。而城市里古老的建筑和文物，是历史的掠影，诉说着古往今来，它们恰恰才能体现一座城市的灵蕴。并且，一个地区对文物保护工作的重视程度能反映出这个地区的历史积淀和文化底蕴。众所周知，欧洲是世界上拥有遗产国家数量和拥有遗产数 ...
波斯园林，分布在伊朗的9个省份的9座园林，分别由帕萨尔加德花园、天堂花园、四十柱宫花园、菲恩花园、阿巴斯-阿巴德花园、王子花园、杜拉塔阿巴德花园、帕赫鲁普尔花园以及阿克巴里耶花园共同组成，这九座园林分别建设于不同时期，最早的可以追溯到公元前6世纪。2011年，波斯园林作为文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：这一文化遗产由分 ...
A Pyxis, or circular box for containing makeup, 470-460 BC. Attica. The vessel shows the marriage of Thetis and Peleus. Credit: Wikimedia CommonsIn the modern world of today we are privileged to take for granted that the ingredients in our cosmetics are s
File photoBy analyzing sediment cores taken from six sites in southern Greece, an international team of researchers identified trends in cereal, olive, and grapevine production indicating major changes in agricultural production between 1000 BC and 600 AD
The lead scroll with Ancient Greek writing, found in an amulet belonging to the Greek man Demetrios, 160 AD. Credit: Museum of LondonAlthough most of us may feel a bit sorry for ourselves in 2020, having to deal with lockdowns and other strict measures to
The ancient fortification of Antissa on the Greek island of Lesvos. Credit: Ephorate of Antiquities of LesvosThree buildings that are of particular interest to archaeologists were brought to light recently in the ongoing excavation in the castle of Agioi
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At its peak, the British Empire ruled a quarter of the world's surface and population, but it still isn't history's biggest empire.(Image: © Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)According to Guinness World Records, wh
The cast-bronze hilt and pommel of the sword are intricately decorated with engravings of circles and rows of crescent-shaped marks.(Image: © Silesian Museum, Czech Republic)A man searching for mushrooms in a forest in the Czech Republic found mu
长江流域的原始艺术（下）邵学海本文刊登于《长江文化论丛》第一辑良渚文化的玉器 新石器时代，我国制玉、用玉特别发达的地区，大致沿东南海岸线分布。北端有辽西及内蒙古东部的红山文化，中部有太湖流域的良渚文化，南有台湾卑南遗址等。也有学者认为，史前玉文化中心只有两个，一个红山文化，一个良渚文化。同时认为，“从影响面及影响的深远意义来看 ...
Proposed 3D visualization of the settlement at the islet of Dhaskalio. Credit: Greek Ministry of CultureKeros, the small, uninhabited Cycladic island south of Naxos, will be the subject of the first collaboration between The National Geographic and the Gr
Credit: Greek ReporterThe word “souvlaki” is synonymous with Greek food, whether the term refers simply to slices of grilled meat on a small wooden skewer or the soft pita bread stuffed with meat, tomatoes, onions,tzatziki sauceand French fries, which is
By the decision of the Fifth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee held in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) on December 4-5, 2018 the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) was elected the Secretariat of the Serial Transnational Nomination of th
在中国传统文化里，一直流传着嫦娥奔月和玉兔捣药的传说。古人相信，月亮里住着一只兔子，因浑身洁白如玉被称作“玉兔”，每天都在不停地捣长生不老药。每到中秋节，人们就可以在圆月中看到它… 久逢明月：古今中外的瑞兔文物 Elixir of Immortality: Seven Thousand Years of World Rabbits 历史背景 中秋节源自古代对月神的祭祀，它 ...
大明宫遗址公园一般指大明宫国家遗址公园 大明宫国家遗址公园是世界文化遗产，全国重点文物保护单位。位于陕西省西安市太华南路，大明宫地处长安城北部的龙首原上，始建于唐太宗贞观八年(634年)，平面略呈梯形。 大明宫是唐帝国最宏伟壮丽的宫殿建筑群，也是当时世界上面积最大的宫殿建筑群，是唐朝的国家象征，初建于唐太宗贞观八年，毁于唐末，面 ...
金代建筑概况：金朝立国后，先建都上京会宁府（今黑龙江阿城），迁中都大兴府（今北京，见金中都），最后迁至南京开封府。中都建设规模宏伟，宫殿用汉白玉为台基栏杆，绿琉璃瓦，色彩强烈，装饰华丽，奠定了元、明宫殿建筑的基本风格。现存重要的金代建筑有大同善化寺的三圣殿和山门，五台佛光寺文殊殿，朔州崇福寺，繁峙岩山寺等。后者还保存大幅金代壁画 ...
宋代建筑，泛指在960年至1279年的宋朝统治时期，于北宋及南宋境内的建筑，一如以往的朝代，继承著前朝的建筑营造传统 。宋朝在经济、手工业和科学技术方面都有发展，使得宋代的建筑师、木匠、技工、工程师、斗栱体系、建筑构造与造型技术达到了很高的水平。建筑方式也日渐趋向系统化与模块化，建筑物慢慢出现了自由多变的组合，并且绽放出成熟的风格并且拥 ...
Nemrut is a mountain in the Taurus Mountain range that separates the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau in southern Turkey.
9,000 years ago, a young adult was cremated in a pit of flowers.The Beisamoun pyre fields, where the cremated burial was discovered, during the crepuscular hours.(Image: © © Mission Beisamoun)The oldest known person to be intentionally c
The Nebra Sky Disk of bronze decorated with gold is one of Germany's most famous archaeological artifacts. But a new study suggests it dates to the Iron Age, at least 1,000 years later than scientists had thought.(Image: © Anagoria/CC BY 3.0)One
The Ancient Greek Dipylon amphora, from ca. 700 BC. Could it have been created by a woman? A Canadian researcher now believes this may have been the case. Photo: WikipediaThe striking, nearly 5-foot tall Dipylon Amphora, from approximately 700 BC, is a ma
Exploration of museums in ancient Shu ---- unsolved mysteries of thousand-year-old relicsThe ancient Shu civilization, originating in Sichuan and environs through the early Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), is an ancient civilization distinct from th
原文作者：Patricia A. McAnany考古学正在改变我们对古代玛雅社会发展方式的认识。现在，考古学家通过使用激光雷达技术发现，一些用来辅助肉眼天体观测的宏伟构筑物，其建成年代之早出乎他们的预料。在考古学的历史上，很少有过一次技术突破使得整个领域都发生改变的“分水岭”式时刻。但20世纪40年代放射性碳测年的发明就带来了一场这样的革命，它提供了 ...
Tripodon Street today with the Monument of Lysicrates on the left. From the book “Plaka Through Time” The oldest street in Athens, and the whole of Europe, is about 2,500 years old — and is located in the Plaka neighborhood on the storied slopes of Acropo
For the first time, archaeologists have succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR), allowing them to reveal astonishing details while it remains deep underground. The technology could r
登封“天地之中”历史古迹，指中国河南省登封市的一批具有悠久历史的文物古迹，包括周公测景台和观星台、嵩岳寺塔、太室阙和中岳庙、少室阙、启母阙、嵩阳书院、会善寺、少林寺建筑群（包括常住院、塔林和初祖庵）等8处11项优秀历史建筑。该建筑群中的各建筑历经汉、魏、唐、宋、元、明、清，构成了一部中国中原地区上下2000年建筑史，是中国跨度最长、建 ...
开平碉楼位于广东省江门市下辖的开平市境内，是中国乡土建筑的一个特殊类型，是集防卫、居住和中西建筑艺术于一体的多层塔楼式建筑。开平碉楼与村落于2007年6月28日在新西兰基督城召开的世界遗产委员会会议上被联合国教科文组织评定为世界文化遗产之一。其中，赤坎镇三门里村落、塘口镇自力村村落与方氏灯楼、蚬冈镇锦江里村落和百合镇马降龙村落群为开平 ...
位于吉林省集安市的高句丽王城、王陵和贵族墓葬及墓室壁画，是已被历史长河湮没的高句丽所创造的辉煌文明的经典。主要包括五女山城、国内城、丸都山城、十二座王陵、二十六座贵族墓葬、好太王碑和将军坟一号陪冢的高句丽王城、王陵及贵族墓葬于2004 年 7 月列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：此遗址包括3座王城和40座墓葬的考古遗迹：五女山城、 ...
著名的古代水利工程都江堰，位于四川都江堰市城西，古时属都安县境而名为都安堰，宋元后称都江堰，被誉为“独奇千古”的“镇川之宝”。2000年联合国世界遗产委员会第24届大会上，由于都江堰水利工程历史悠久、规模宏大、布局合理、运行科学，且与环境和谐结合，在历史和科学方面具有突出的普遍价值，因此青城山与都江堰被列为世界文化遗产。2006年则作为四 ...
秦始皇陵位于中国北部陕西省临潼区城东5公里处的骊山北麓,是中国历史上第一个皇帝——秦始皇帝的陵园，也称骊山陵。兵马俑坑是秦始皇陵的陪葬坑，位于陵园东侧1500米处。1987年，秦始皇陵及兵马俑坑作为文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员描述：毫无疑问，如果不是1974年被发现，这座考古遗址中的成千上万件陶俑将依旧沉睡于地下。第一位统一中国 ...
Investigation and ExcavationHetian Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located at the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Its fertile land has entered the horizon of the Han Chinese ever since the reign of the Emperor Wu of the Han D
Vinzenz Brinkmann’s painted replica of The Archer, sculpted in 490 BC and discovered in the Temple of Aphaia on the island of Aegina (Stiftung Archologie, Munich)Marveling at the ancient Greek masterpieces today, there is a notion ingrained in our minds t
Hera (left) shakes hands with Athena. Acropolis Museum, AthensOut of all the gestures of greeting used today around the globe, the handshake is the most widely used. The first nearly-universal way of greeting someone, which was first portrayed in the arts
Photo: AMNAA proto-Byzantine-era skull which was discovered by anthropologists in the Paliokastro area onThasosisland shows signs of complicated surgery, according to a new Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) report.The skull, which dates from the earlyB
Researchers examined stable isotopes from bone collagen and dental enamel to reconstruct the diets of ancient Mongolians. Findings challenge the popular notion of a completely nomadic prehistoric population, linking grain cultivation with the success of t
2019 was another year of major archaeological discoveries, not only inGreecebut across the Mediterranean basin, where the different phases of Greek antiquity left their indelible mark.Archaeologists from a number of countries from around the globe found g
Etruscan painting of dancers and musicians, in the Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy. Photo credit: WikipediaThe Latin alphabet is undoubtedly the world’s most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back in time to the eras of anci
Ancient Greeks had a great love and respect for their dogs, cherishing them as companions, protectors, and hunters, as evidenced by several dog tombstones discovered over the centuries.The most well-known story about the relationship between ancient Greek
The orchestra of the ancient theater in Thouria. Photo credit: Greek Culture MinistryThe ancient Greek city of Thouria, located in the southernPeloponnese,is among the cities which managed to thrive and become important centers all by themselves in the wi
（所有图片均可点击看大图） 中国壁画艺术纷繁复杂，一般来说分为四类。建筑装饰壁画、墓室葬壁画、石窟壁画、寺观壁画。最晚在距今4000年左右的龙山晚期陕西石峁遗址就已经发现了装饰性的壁画。在汉代墓室中，开始出现表现墓主人生前百态或者死后升至仙界的壁画。随着佛教的传入，为了便于僧人的修行以及从事法事活动，魏晋南北朝时期，在石窟、寺 ...
这是节前给一个朋友的山西壁画的书做的序，说实话什么东西都需要整理，没写之前我也没有系统的整理过山西壁画的流变与风格。借这次写序的契机，我也把这小二十年遍访古迹的资料进行了梳理以及思考，其中有些内容纯属于我个人的体会，如果有错误，纯属学艺不精，请不吝赐教。 另外，中国的壁画艺术以敦煌、克孜尔等石窟壁画最为人知，我这个序由于书 ...
五代十国并非指一个朝代，而是指一个特殊的历史时期，五代十国(907～960年)，一般是指介于唐末宋初的这一段历史时期。五代指的是后梁、后唐、后晋、后汉、后周五个次第更迭的政权。十国指五代之外相继出现的十个割据政权：前蜀、后蜀、吴、南唐、吴越、闽、楚、南汉、南平（即荆南）、北汉，统称十国。关于五代十国的年限，一说为：北宋灭亡北汉时是公元97 ...
唐朝（公元618-907年）是中国封建社会经济文化发展的高潮时期，建筑技术和艺术也有巨大发展。历史上唐朝建筑的风格特点是气魄宏伟，严整开朗。建筑发展到了一个成熟的时期，形成了一个完整的建筑体系。它规模宏大，气势磅礴，形体俊美，庄重大方，整齐而不呆板，华美而不纤巧，舒展而不张扬，古朴却富有活力，正是当时时代精神的完美体现。 我国现存最 ...
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This photo contest is an annual visual studies and educa -tional initiative designed to promote the common heritageof the Silk Roads. It of ficially launches on 19 September2019 and is open to participants aged 14-25 living in ortravelling along the Silk
The Afghan Archaeological Authority has revealed that somecopies of Buddhist scriptures that may have been written aroundthe 7th century have been found at the site of Mes Aynak in centralAfghanistan.The discovery of transcripts from ancient sites was rar
On August 8-10, 2019, the International Institute for Central AsianStudies(IICAS) in cooperation with the University College Londo norganized in Istanbul, Turkey, an interstate meeting of the official representativesof the member-states of the Silk Roads
The selected works of Collection of the International Photographic ExhibitionCommemorating the 5th Anniversary of the Inscription on World Heritage List of theSilk Road (Monuments and Sites)《远逝的诵经声》摄影：吴俊瑞Elapsed Sutra Chanting©Wu Junrui《关城夕阳》摄影：杨
In order to strengthen cooperation and exchanges among countriesand institutions along the S ilk Roads, and to promotecultural heritage conservation and management, on D ecember19th, IICC-X hosted the seminar on the Capacity Building for SilkRoads Cultura
The specialists of IICAS implemented a detailed photogrammetry of aseries of the sites (complex of Kasym Shaikh, mausoleum of Mir SaidBakhrom, mausoleum of Deggaron and oasis wall of Bukhara) in th eframework of the project for the nomination of the histo
From 22 to 26 September , 2019, the Sixth Meeting of theCoordinating Committee on the Serial Transnational Nominationfor World Heritage of the Silk Roads was Held in Hama -dan, Iran. As the fruit of concerted international efforts, theconference is based
According to the resolution of the 42nd session of the UNESCOWorld Heritage Committee, for the reviewing at the subsequent44th session, China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan shall jointlysubmit a State of Conservation (hereinafter as SOC) report onthe "Si
Does the discovery bolster the legend of Romulus and his twin brother?
The temple at Lachish is the first ancient Canaanite temple found in more than 50 years and is extraordinarily well preserved, say archaeologists.(Image: © Emil Eljem/IAA)A 3,000-year-old temple, built by the Canaanites around the time of theanci
