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
An exhibition of Thangkaartis heldat the Cultural Palace of Nationalities inBeijingfrom Sept 2 to 6, 2017. The exhibit showcases more than 120 Thangka art works created by 100 masters from Tibet autonomous region, Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu provinces.Than
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
Mosques in Tashkent, Uzbekistan / Roland LINCentral Asian Sub regional meeting (13-14 September 2017) and training-workshop (12-20 September 2017) along the Silk Roads in Central Asia, UzbekistanThursday, 7 September 2017In the framework of the 2nd phase
An ancient brick tomb painted with colored murals from Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) was discovered in Shanxi when a villager was renovating his old residence in Yuanjiazhuang village, Jifeng town, Jishan county, Shanxi province.2017-08-31 13:48:04 （来自
Mosaic depicting Greek hero Bellerophon riding the winged horse Pegasus has been described as best find of its kind in 50 yearsA section of the mosaic, found at a Roman site near Boxford in BerkshireA spectacular Roman mosaic described as the best find of
A 2,000-year-old ancient Roman theater in the northwestern province of Bursa’s İznik district is regaining its unique identity during excavation and reorganization works.According to a statement made by the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality, the works
AN EXCITING NEW HOARD OF ANCIENT ROMAN WRITING TABLETS UNEARTHED AT VINDOLANDA.
In ancient times, the Romans believed that the place was the gateway to hell and sacrificed bulls in there.Still under excavation, Pluto's Gate in the ancient city of Hierapolis in Denizli province is planned to open after the necessary protective structu
HeartSutra, by Xu Ruifeng. For nearly 1,000 years, mountainous Dehua county in Fujian province has been producing ivory-white porcelain.When pieces were exported in large quantities to Europe via the Maritime Silk Road between the 17th and 18th centuries,
Buddha statues are displayed at a Beijing show via 3-D and virtual reality technologies. After more than two years of renovation works, the Tianlongshan Caves in North China's Shanxi province reopened to the public earlier this month, displaying its Buddh
Researchers offer a new angle on interpreting mathematical inscriptions on a very old tablet.Credit: UNSWScientists recently decoded a clay tablet from ancient Babylonia that dates to around 3,700 years ago, and found that it contains the oldest trigonome
The lead pipe sample is being analyzed at University of Southern Denmark.Credit: SDUThe ancient Romans were famous for their advanced water supply. But the drinking water in the pipelines was probably poisoned on a scale that may have led to daily problem
Two marble sarcophagi from ancient Rome have been unearthed near the city's football stadium.The discovery by the Stadio Olimpico was made during routine digging by Rome's energy and water company Acea, the local public watchdog for archaeology and conser
An undated handout photo made available by The Australian University of New South Wales (UNSW) showing the Plimpton 322 a 3700 year old Babylonian tablet held in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University in New York. (EPA Photo)Australia
The Temple of Apollo, dating back to the 2nd century and the time of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius, has been reinforced after its columns began to show signs of aging.The concrete bases carrying columns of the ancient Temple of Apollo, a symbol of Side in
A 55-kilometer section of a road that was built 2,000 years ago has been discovered in ongoing excavations of the ancient city of Aigai located in Turkey's Manisa province.Assistant Professor Yusuf Sezgin, faculty member at the Celal Bayar University Arch
Laodicea Stadium, the biggest stadium in Anatolia where sports competitions and gladiator fights were held in the ancient times, will be unearthed.The excavation work for the stadium started in Denizli province's Laodicea ancient city, which is on the ten
A statue of a female believed to have belonged to the ancient King Suppiluliuma's wife was found at the Tayinat Mound, a site where excavation works are ongoing. The statue, a part of which was found shattered, will be reformed into its original shape.Dur
The discovery of an over 2,000-year-old dam and archaeological mound in central Turkey's Çorum is expected to bring in a new influx of tourists to the region.Teams from Hittite University's Archeology Department uncovered the Örükaya Dam in the
Archaeologists in Turkey's southeastern Şanlıurfa province have discovered a 1,000-year-old ancient perfume store and various perfume bottles, shedding light to the history of scents in Mesopotamian lands.The discovery was made in Şanlı
Turkish police seized a 1000-year-old tapestry depicting Jesus Christ and twelve apostles on Monday in southern Adana province and detained three people on suspicion of artifact smuggling.The police found the tapestry hidden in a bedroom closet, and arres
The relief, on which Hittite King Maradas is on his chariot hunting a deer, dates back to the late Hittite period.A TRT documentary on the city of Malatya has recently revealed an artifact depicting Hittite King Maradas, now displayed at France's Louvre M
Featuring walking paths, sitting areas and observation terraces, Kurul Fortress also has an ancient tunnel and cisternContaining the mother goddess Cybele, the Kurul Fortress in Ordu province is still a mystery box promising many discoveries, as nearly tw
Agatha Christie lived here once, but only memories remain of the time the best-selling crime writer spent among the ruins of the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.The mud-brick house where the British author of “Murder on the Orient Express” once stayed is lon
A bronze unicorn from the AncientTeaHorse Road is on display at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, on Aug 3. A cultural relics exhibition from the Ancient Tea Horse Road opened at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, o
The art of Mogao Caves was displayed with 3D technology during the Summer Davos Forum in Dalian, Liaoning province, in 2015. Digitization, internet traffic used to ease number of visitorsThe popularity of the Mogao Caves, which house the world's largest c
Named as ‘the world city' and ‘the cradle of civilizations' for hosting many civilizations throughout history, the Ani archaeological site has been flooded with visitors since it was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List
Anadolu Agency PhotoResearchers have unearthed a 1,800-year-old writing tool, or stylus, at the Assos archeological site in northwestern Turkey.Assos, also known as Behramkale, was one of the most important port cities of the ancient age and possesses cru
It's a 'real little Pompeii,' says lead archaeologist
Archaeologist are set to resume excavations after a six-year hiatus in the 3,000-year-old site of Lagina, the sacred precinct of the Goddess Hekate.Ottoman scientists first became interested in the site, located in the town of Turgut in southwestern Turke
An archaeologist works on a mosaic on July 31, 2017, on the archaeological antiquity site of Sainte-Colombe, near Vienne, eastern France (AFP Photo)An "exceptional" archaeological find by French researchers is being dubbed a 'little Pompeii'.The
The ancient city of Xanthos in the southern province of Antalya’s Kaş district, known as the “city of sorrows,” opens the door of a different world to its visitors both with its sad history and ruins that defy time.Excavation work in the ancient city
A mosaic of a hunting party of Amazon queens and animals.Home to the warrior Amazon queen mosaics unearthed during groundbreaking excavations, the Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum in Turkey's Şanlıurfa province offers a unique experienceThe Halep
Researchers at the ancient Greek city of Antandrus, located in Turkey's Balıkesir province, have discovered the remains of a woman and a man, as well as numerous artifacts inside a 2,500-year-old sarcophagus, reports said Sunday.According to a statem
Artefact, made in 698, is regarded as most important wooden object surviving in England from before Norman conquest
Genetic sequencing shows descendants of Canaanites live on, in Lebanon.
Listed on UNESCO's tentative list of world heritage sites, Sagalassos – once among the five leading producers of ceramics during the Roman Empire - was one of the major cities of the Hellenistic period when it was conquered by Alexander the GreatLocated i
A view of the ruins of the town of Sai. Founded by the Egyptians on the island of the same name in the Nile, in what is now Sudan, the town was occupied from 1500 until 1200 BC.Credit: Julia BudkaLudwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich Egyptologis
A team of researchers in Turkey's southern Antalya province have found what may have been the first example of a brand, inscribed on a number of ancient mosaics and terracottas dating over 2,000 years old.Discovered in the ancient city of Antiocheia Ad Cr
Three types of tomb monuments have been discovered so far –rock-cut arcosolia, simple pit graves; shallow graves for lower classes and tombs that resemble a boat-like shape.2000-year-old tombs were discovered during a road excavation in the Uşak prov
A 2,700-year-old water well, one of the nine ancient wells located in Turkey's Çanakkale province, still provides the essential drink that is considered as the "source of life," with special "healing properties" and is attributed
This year's excavation works in the ancient city of Prusiasad Hypium in Konuralp district in Düzce, which is known as "Western Black Sea's Ephesus," have started. Having started in the ancient city, which houses constructions such as aqueducts,
AN ANCIENT SITE ROOTED IN THE HEART OF MODERN BEIJING, THE FORBIDDEN CITY IS ONE OF CHINA’S MOST FAMOUS ATTRACTIONS. COMPLETED IN 1420, THE CITY SERVED AS THE PALACE OF MING DYNASTY EMPEROR, YONGLE.
Dating back to the first century B. C., the ancient city of Sebastapolis is thought to have been one of the five largest cities in the Black Sea region about 2,000 years ago. Once visited by Charles Prince of Wales, the site now faces illegal excavations
Archaeologists in southeast Turkey may have found the earliest example of the world's most popular emoticon, the smiley, on a pot dating back 4,000-years.The roots of the symbol are widely believed to be from the early 1960s, with the classic smiley versi
The head of excavations being conducted in the ancient city of Perge in Antalya province, Antalya Museum Director Mustafa Demirel, has announced that a new mosaic has been found in the ancient city. The 1,800-year-old mosaic depicts the sacrifice of Iphig
Three vehicles have been earthed from the Zheng State No 3 pit in Xinzheng city, Central China's Henan province, after five months' excavation. One of the vehicles included a large carriage for ancient high officials or nobles.
TheArch of Constantine, dedicated on 25 July 315 CE, stands inRomebetween theColosseumand the Palatine Hill, at what was once the beginning of the Via Triumphalis. As described on its attic inscription, it commemoratesConstantine’svictory at the Battle of
A photo of calligraphy downloaded from the Taipei Palace Museum's official website Taipei's Palace Museum has put more than 70,000 pictures online, which people can download for free. All the pictures are available on the "Open Data" section of
The statements in the basilica of the Smyrna Agora, the last ancient city in İzmir, reveals the historic rivalry among the ancient cities of Ephesus, Sardis and Tralleis.
The Aphrodisias archaeology site in southwestern Turkey has been included in UNESCO's World Heritage List, according to a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement issued Sunday.
Excavations have started in the field of a 4th-century mosaic discovered by a farmer in Adıyaman’s Gölbaşı district. When the work is completed, it will be decided whether to protect the mosaic in its original place or to move it to th
A new look inside 2,000-year-old Roman concrete has provided new clues to the evolving chemistry and mineral cements that allow ancient harbor structures to withstand the test of time.
Situated in the province of Şanlıurfa, the Göbeklitepe archaeological site, which has been under excavation for years, goes on yielding new findings, the latest of which are hollowed skulls that shed light on possible religious and social r
The fiery end of the last Egyptian colony
Treasure hunters have destroyed the Çağman Hill in the southern province of Antalya’s Korkuteli district.
An underwater researcher caused controversy in southern Antalya province after keeping two 2000-year-old columns dating back to the Roman Empire as decorations in front of his apartment building.Mustafa Aydemir said he discovered the columns in Kaleiç
Archaeologists in Turkey's southwestern Denizli province have discovered remnants belonging to a 2,000-year-old board game from the Roman period, reports said Tuesday.
Digging for Rome's new subway has unearthed the charred ruins of an early 3rd-century building and the 1,800-year-old skeleton of a crouching dog that apparently perished in the same blaze that collapsed the structure.
Lizzie Porter；编译/Deanna字号莎茉丝（Shamous）这一身行头简直不要太时髦：她穿着荧光粉的惠灵顿长筒靴，搭配松石绿色的袜子和黑色的拉拉队小裙子。一辆卡丁车烧得只剩个空架子，她就在那上面玩耍，翘着鼻头、调皮的笑声穿过沙漠的风。这个精力旺盛的四岁女孩住在约旦河西岸地区的拉斯·阿尔-奥加村（Ras al-Auja），他们贝都因人的小屋就坐落在罗马时代的考古遗迹和翻滚的瀑布之间。321公里长的马萨尔·易卜拉欣·阿尔-卡里尔 ...
Forty artifacts belonging to the Gandhara civilisation will be exported to Seoul, South Korea to be displayed at a three-month long exhibition titled ‘Gandhara through international cooperation’.
Festivals in ancient Greece and Rome were important periods of time during which people performed “activities that are most often thought of as communications with the superhuman world.”
A farmer in the southeastern province of Adıyaman’s Besni district, Mehmet Dağ, has uncovered a 10-meter mosaic dating back to the 5th century B.C. Roman era. Officials have taken the mosaic to Şanlıurfa
