• 魏晋到隋唐 | 石窟寺艺术 敦煌莫高窟
石窟寺是供佛教僧人信徒礼佛和修行的场所，属于佛教寺院的一种形式，大多依山依崖开凿。敦煌地处河西走廊西段，是古代关中通往西域的咽喉。莫高窟历经11个朝代不断修造而成，由于完整地保存了建筑、雕塑和壁画，是系统了解佛教艺术发展脉络的宝贵遗产。莫高窟根据其洞窟内壁画的题材内容、艺术风格和表现手法，大致可分为三个时期：1、早期是敦煌石窟艺术 ...
石窟寺是供佛教僧人信徒礼佛和修行的场所，属于佛教寺院的一种形式，大多依山依崖开凿。敦煌地处河西走廊西段，是古代关中通往西域的咽喉。莫高窟历经11个朝代不断修造而成，由于完整地保存了建筑、雕塑和壁画，是系统了解佛教艺术发展脉络的宝贵遗产。莫高窟根据其洞窟内壁画的题材内容、艺术风格和表现手法，大致可分为三个时期：1、早期是敦煌石窟艺术 ...
吴哥窟位于柬埔寨西北部，是吴哥古迹中保存得最完好的的庙宇，以建筑宏伟与浮雕细致闻名于世，是世界上最大的庙宇,也是一座巨大的水上都市，1992年作为文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：吴哥窟是东南亚最重要的考古学遗址之一。吴哥窟遗址公园占地面积达400多平方公里，包括森林地区，有9至15世纪高棉王国(the Khmer Empire)各个时期首 ...
Parts of the buried town of Beta Samati were occupied for more than 1,000 years, from the Pre-Aksumite era around 750 B.C. through the early Christian period from about A.D. 325 until about A.D. 650.(Image: © Nicole Harrower)An ancient church from th
(Image: © Greece Ministry of Culture and Sports)A storehouse of ancient treasures, including precious jewels and gold beads, has been uncovered by archaeologists on an island near Crete devoted to making a precious purple dye from sea snails thousand
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The eating habits of the ancient Greeksare fascinating for so many reasons. They had an impressively varied diet by any measure, but it naturally contrasted in many ways to ours — with the most characteristic difference being that they ate much less than
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UNESCO offers its sincere solidarity with the people of Japan, and in particular the residents of Okinawa, who have lost a cultural and historical symbol of the Ryukyu islands. UNESCO stands ready to assist the authorities as needed.In the early morning h
Some 40 female members of the armed forces of Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan, as well as female peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) came together in Beirut, Lebanon to discuss the protection of cultural property in the event o
10月24日，由中国古迹遗址保护协会与云南省文化和旅游厅、普洱市人民政府共同主办的“茶文化景观保护研究和可持续发展国际研讨会”在普洱市澜沧拉祜族自治县举行。国家文物局党组书记、局长刘玉珠，中共云南省委常委、宣传部部长赵金出席会议并致辞。刘玉珠指出，中国茶文化源远流长，中国西南地区是全球主要的茶树起源中心之一。中国拥有类型丰富的茶文化景观，多年来，国家文物局始终致力于不断推进包括茶文化景观在内的各类
The altar reveals new details about a rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel.
Pompeii was buried in ash in A.D. 79 in the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.(Image: © Eric VANDEVILLE/Getty Images)In the decades before the city ofPompeiiwas buried in ash by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, everyday lif
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It is still controversy in the academic world, whether the humanbeings on earth come from Africa, or each continent has theirorigins. However, one thing is certain: before the emergence ofthe national system, humans did not need passports, visas, andh a d
It is the fifth anniversary to celebrate the successful nominat ion of the“Silk Roads: Routes Network of Chang’ an-Tian’ shan Corridor” in 2019.To commemorate this significant moment, IICC-X has held an internationalevent of photography.The activity laste
Every year on April 18, the International Scientific Committee ofICOMOS proposes various topic and organizes a wide range ofevents to promote monument and sites and the public aw arenessof cultural heritage’s diversity and close connection to dailylife. T
On the afternoon of June 22, sponsored by IICC-X, the 5th anniversaryof the successful inscription of the "S ilk Roads: theRoute Network of Changan-Tianshan Corridor" on the W orldHeritage List, "Hello! Silk Road” was solemnly held in the S
The Symposium on “Project on Archaeological Sites, Relics and Landscapesin Central Asia” , jointly organized by the International Institute forUniversity College London (UCL) and Central Asia Studies (IICAS), a secondaryresearch institution under the UNES
In the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust project, the sub-regionalseminar and the summary meeting of the project “SupportingSilk Roads in Central Asia” (2nd phase) of Japan Funds-in-Trustwere jointly held in Almaty from 26 to 28 June 2019 by theUNESCO Office in
In June 2019, it was the fifth anniversary of the of ficial inscription of the “Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-T ianshan Corridor” as a world heritage site. On July 6, 2019, with the support of the National Cultural Heritage Administration of
InternationalConferenceonthe“ITTechnologiesfortheCulturalHeritageManagement”(IT-CHM’2019)tookplaceonMay22,2019ontheterritoryofthemosqueofUlugbek,complexofRegistan,cityofSamarkand. Thisconferencewasjointlyorganizedby: –InstituteofComputerScience,LublinUniv
ThemeetingwiththedelegationoftheSilkRoadInternationalProjectwasheld. The43rdsessionoftheUNESCOWorldHeritageCommitteeisrunningoninBaku. Withintheframeworkofthesessiontherewillbearrangedbusinessappointmentsofdelegationsfromdifferentcountriesandorganization
6thInternationalConference“SyriacChristianityinChinaandCentralAsia”organizedbySalzburgUniversityandtheInstituteofArcheologynamedafterA.Kh.MargulanwiththesupportoftheInternationalInstituteforCentralAsianStudieswasheldJune21-27,2019inAlmaty(RepublicofKazakh
FormorethantenyearstheinternationalcommunityisimplementingundertheauspicesofUNESCOahugeworkforthenominationofthehistoricalandculturalsitesoftheGreatSilkRoadsfortheUNESCOWorldHeritageList.In2014,astheresultofthiswork,33sitesfromChina,KazakhstanandKyrgyzsta
Forum“HumanitarianSecurityintheModernWorld:ChallengesandPracticesfortheConservationofHistoricalandCulturalHeritageofCentralAsianandRussia”organizedincooperationwithIICAStookplaceinKazan(Tatarstan,RussianFederation)on,26-28July2019.Themainorganizedofthefor
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InternationalInstituteforCentralAsianStudiesparticipatesinthemajorproject“ArchaeologicalLandscapesofCentralAsia”,whichismanagedbytheUniversityCollegeLondonwiththefinancialsupportofthe“Arcadia”Fund. Theprojectforeseesthecreationofadetailedmapofarchaeologic
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ThemeetingsofthedirectoroftheInstituteofHistory,ArcheologyandEthnographynamedafterA.Donish-UbaidulloN.K.andthedirectoroftheInternationalInstituteforCentralAsianStudies-VoyakinD.A.tookplaceonSeptember3,2019inDushanbe.Thegoalofthemeetingwasthesigningoftheco
“YouthEyesontheSilkRoads”PhotoContest. Thisinternationalphotocontestisopenforsubmissionsfrom19September2019to6January2020. Thecontestisopentoyoungpeoplebetween14and25yearsold,andthephotossubmittedhavetocorrespondtooneof3followingthemesproposed: •Gas
Dearfriendsandcolleagues, IICASisgladtotellyougoodnewsaboutthesigningoftheMemorandumofUnderstandingwithShahidBeheshtiUniversity,IslamicRepublicofIran http://www.sbu.ac.ir/ MemorandumwassignedbyDr.DmitriyVoyakin,DirectoroftheInternationalInstituteforCentra
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SinceOctober,2019anumberoftalksonthehistoryoftheSilkRoadaswellasonactivitiesofIICASandUNESCOintheCentralAsianregionhasbeeninitiatedintheIICAS’headoffice.BasingonagreementswithbigtouristiccompaniesanyEnglish-speakinggroupoftouristsvisitingSamarkandcanparti
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华梵融合 盛世神韵今年暑假，PPJ同博物馆有得聊会员朋友们一起，一路向西，寻访宿白先生命名的“凉州风格”石窟，在专家带队和讲解下观察学习了麦积山石窟、炳灵寺石窟、西千佛洞、榆林窟以及莫高窟，领略佛教艺术跟随时代变迁而不断地变化的韵律：北凉、北魏、西魏、北周、盛唐、吐蕃时期、归义军时期，体会丝绸之路与佛教石窟之间紧密的联系。麦积山石窟甘肃·天水麦积山石窟的雕塑艺术延续性是其他石窟不能比拟的：北魏初
The lore surrounding medieval executioners is fairly off base.(Image: © Shutterstock)One afternoon in May 1573, a 19-year-old man named Frantz Schmidt stood in the backyard of his father's house in the German state of Bavaria, preparing tobehead a st
波斯波利斯（persepolis），是伊朗最重要的考古遗址，代表着伊朗曾经的辉煌。来伊朗，一定来要波斯波利斯。这里，也是伊朗本国人的热门景点。建议在这里呆到落日，夕阳下的波斯波利斯另有一番美景。它位于设拉子东北51公里处，没有公共交通直达，建议打车或包车前往。门票是20万里亚尔。波斯波利斯曾是波斯帝国的首都，由“万王之王”大流士一世于公元前520年开始建造，用于接受万国朝拜。整个工程由大流士一世、
The excavations at Beit Habek beside the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel have unearthed a Byzantine-age church, said to be built above the house of Jesus' apostles Peter and Andrew.Credit: Zachary WongA 1,400-year-old Christian church unearthed near the
The Department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus announced on Thursday that a major maritime archaeological discovery has been made off the east coast of the island, just off Protaras, near Larnaca.The Antiquities Department statement says the wrec
The islet ‘mini-mountain’ of Dhaskalio, off the Cycladic island of Keros (Cambridge Keros Project)Archaeologists have found the earliest monumental complex of buildings ever unearthed anywhere in the Greek WorldIt is evidence of a rich cultural and monume
Visitors look at a replica of the Mogao Grottoes at an exhibition in Shanghai Tower in May 2018. The head of Lanzhou University's Dunhuang studies program has spent years building up a global reference resource for academics.The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang
American and Israeli archaeologists have found mosaics on bible plots in the north of Israel. Among them were images of animals described by the prophet Daniel, as well as images of the oasis of Elim, where, according to the Bible, the Jews stayed during
Specialists from the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences began to investigate the terracotta head of a Greek deity found at the bottom of the Kerch Bay near Cape Ak-Burun. About this in the group of the Institute of Archeology RAS o
An archaeological expedition, exploring the famous Bryn-Kelly-Dee mound on the island of Anglesey off the coast of Wales, found another mound next to it. A new mound is about a thousand years younger than Bryn-Kelly-Dee; it was built about 4,000 years ago
In the People’s Republic of China, a cemetery was found, where people were buried, “giants” no less than 190 cm tall. The graves are 5,000 years old. The growth of the ancient inhabitants of Europe was 1.5-1.6 meters, and in comparison with them the Chine
Makronissos Island. Source: WikipediaThe island of Makronissos has been declared an archaeological site by a unanimous decision of the Central Archaeological Council.The recommendation was made by the Cyclades Antiquities Ephorate that has been conducting
Credit: ShutterstockOne thousand years before the first Fourth of July, the first fireworks exploded. It didn't rain twinkling stars or light up the night sky — but to the complete surprise and misfortune of one Chinese chemist, it did go "bang."
whc.unesco.org/en/documents/175177The Committee will furthermore examine the state of conservation of 166 sites already inscribed on theWorld Heritage List, 54 of which also figure on theList of World Heritage in Danger.Inscriptions on the World Heritage
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Photo by AMNAThe remains of an ancient neighborhood visible under the feet of visitors approaching the entrance of theAcropolis Museumis now fully open to the public for the first time.The new ”walk-through” exhibits of the neighborhood were inaugurated o
巴库位于里海西岸阿普歇伦半岛南部，是阿塞拜疆共和国首都。巴库是一座有着悠久历史的古城，城内有众多名胜古迹，如7世纪建造的少女塔，11世纪建造的瑟纳克一卡尔清真寺塔，12世纪的和克孜一卡拉瑟塔楼，13世纪的巴伊洛夫石堡，15世纪的希尔凡王宫及17世纪的汗王宫殿至今保存完好，2000年，城墙围绕的巴库城及其希尔凡王宫和少女塔，作为文化遗产列入《世 ...
More than 100 giant stone jars, thought to have been used in burial rituals thousands of years ago, have been rediscovered at ancient sites in forests, on hillsides and along mountain ridges in remote central Laos.Local legends say the carved stone jars w
Extensive restoration and preservation works are in progress on the archaeological sites of Delosisland, with the Greek Ministry of Culture aiming to make the area an open archaeological museum.The restoration project aims at the consolidation of all monu
作为地处西亚的现代国家，以色列位于地中海的东南岸及红海亚喀巴湾北岸。位于亚洲的西端，向北进发可至欧洲，西南又与非洲大陆相连。特殊的地理位置使其无论在陆上还是海上贸易之路上都占据有一席之地。由于犹太人国土历史的复杂性，在不同时期的不同历史文献中，现代以色列拥有过不同领土区域和名称。而一个特殊的地理性名称“黎凡特南部”，一般作为学术界对于不同时期古代以色列的代称。 20世纪30年代，尚未建国的以
A hidden vault — filled with dirt and adorned with vivid paintings such as a centaur, a sphinx and an attacking panther — has been discovered in the ruins of Emperor Nero's ancient Roman palace.Credit: Parco Archeologico Del ColosseoArchaeologists have di
It is possible that experts will find some Bronze jewellery.Archaeological research uncovered 17 cremation graves(Source: Branislav Caban, TASR)Archaeologists succeeded in uncovering 17 cremation graves from the Piliny culture during an ongoing rescue res
The upper portion of the temple foundation has been found.Apsara AuthorityArchaeologists with the Apsara Authority have uncovered the upper portion of the submerged northern foundation of the Ak Yum temple after the water level at West Baray lake receded
The tiny islet of Dascalio, next to Keros. Keros is a small uninhabited island close to Naxos, in Greece’s Cyclades island archipelago. Photo by Greece-Is websiteThe Greek Ministry of Culture issued a statement on Holy Thursday announcing the recent concl
A new study found evidence that climate change likely drove the Harappans to resettle far away from the floodplains of the Indus.
Diaoyucheng was located in the Diaoyu Mountain of East Peninsula in Hechuan District, Chongqing. From August, 2017 to April, 2018, Institute of Chongqing Municipal Cultural Heritage Research Institute conducted fourth initiative archaeological excavation.
The Palace Museum in Beijing has opened a new section housing royal furniture－the Nandaku Gallery of Furniture.Increased digitalization spurs commercial push at venuesThe Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, is one of the most histo
In Aristophanes’ comedyTheFrogs, a nosy slave listens to his master’s conversations and spreads them around town, resulting in his master’s horrible misfortunes.The Aristophanes character, however, was not put there just for laughs. Gossip was a real tool
With its exquisite palaces, vast libraries and lush gardens, Nineveh was one of the most important cities of the ancient world. Project Curator for the BP exhibition I am Ashurbanipal king of the world, king of Assyria, Carine Harmand, explores the 19th-c