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."
An aerial view of Kemune Palace from the west, near the Tigris River in Iraq.Credit: University of Tübingen/eScience Center/Kurdistan Archaeology OrganizationWhen a drought dried up the water in Iraq’s Mosul Dam reservoir, it exposed ruins from an ancient
Located in the southern suburb of Acheng District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, Upper Capital Site was the very first capital city built in the Jin Dynasty, as its capital for 38 years. From 2013 to 2017, an archaeological study had been implemente
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Exquisite head of a statue found in area of the ancient Battle of Salamis. Source: Greek Ministry of CultureMarine archaeologists are announcing that they have discovered underwater artifacts at the site of a building where the naval battle of Salamis was
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
An archaeologist carefully excavates the Prittlewell burial chamber. The chamber was discovered in 2003; it has taken researchers 16 years to carefully remove, clean and analyze the artifacts. Many will now be on permanent display at the Southend Central
The passage of carts over decades could cause ruts (like the one shown here), particularly in high-traffic areas of Pompeii.Credit: Eric PoehlerAncient workers used molten iron to repair Pompeii's streets before the historic and devastating eruption of Mo
Here, one of the 2,500-year-old skeletons discovered in a kurgan in Russia.Credit: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Astrakhan RegionA farmer in Russia has uncovered the remains of three elite members of a nomadic tribe from 2,500 years ago. A horse'
Researchers discovered a new Iron Age shield in Leicester.Credit: Michael BamforthArchaeologists discovered an Iron Age bark shield near Enderby, a town southwest of the city of Leicester in the United Kingdom.Though archaeologists knew that people from t
孟加拉国考古学家于2013年首次发掘了毗诃罗普尔古城的纳提什瓦遗址。2014—2018年，中国湖南省文物考古研究所和阿哥拉萨–毗诃罗普尔（Agrashar Vikrampur）基金会聘请的欧提亚·欧耐斯恩考古研究中心（Oitiya Onneswan Archaeological Research Center）组成联合考古队，先后三次对纳提什瓦遗址进行了大规模的考古发掘，发掘面积达5236平方米，取得了重大 ...
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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
The ancient figurine resembled Chinese Emperor Yongle -- Representational imageREUTERS/Nir Elias CHINAAn Irishman, who bought a ￡47 artefact, has discovered that the object is actually anIce Age-era fossil andway more precious than he originally thought.G
The banquet hall was likely used for various rituals and sumo tournaments during the seventh century.The ancient banquet hall was found near Japan's first Buddhist temple -- Representational image(Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)Archaeologists have unco
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
The passage of carts over decades could cause ruts (like the one shown here), particularly in high-traffic areas of Pompeii.Credit: Eric PoehlerAncient workers used molten iron to repair Pompeii's streets before the historic and devastating eruption of Mo
The discovery ofa Roman cemetery near Great Whelnetham in Suffolk, England, containing more than 50 graves of men, women, and children has revealed a peculiar burial custom practiced by some of the people living there around 1,700 years ago. At least 17 o
Justinian IResearchers working at the Hagia Sophia, the largest Christian cathedral constructed in the ancient world, have made a number of discoveries. For instance, they discovered a circle made of a type of igneous rock called porphyry where Justinian
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
麦积山石窟开凿于十六国时期的后秦（公元384--417年），以后南北朝时期的北魏、西魏、北周和隋、唐、宋、元乃至明、清等十几个朝代，都在这里进行了营建。麦积山现存大小窟龛194个，54个位于南崖，140个分布在西崖，除少数窟龛内已空外，共保存了从公元四世纪末到十九世纪约1500年间的泥塑、石雕7200多件，壁画1300多平方米。麦积山石窟与莫高窟、云岗石窟、龙门石
2019年3月29日下午，乌兹别克斯坦共和国科学院考古研究所所长马克苏多夫·法尔霍德（Maksudov Farhod）研究员做客西北大学“侯外庐学术讲座”第一百七十期暨“博望论坛”第七十五期，在文化遗产学院博望报告厅进行了题为《粟特考古的最新发现》的学术报告。报告由王建新教授主持，热娜博士翻译，中国社会科学院考古研究所、陕西省考古研究院等相关科研院所 ...
The site of the Peristera shipwreck. Source: Greek Ministry of Culture and SportsGreece is relaxing its strict regulations regarding its rich underwater heritage and has recently announced that it will allow divers to tour the sites of certain ancient shi
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
The Crescent Moon Lake appears like a mirage in Dunhuang's Singing Sand Dunes.The Silk Road city of Dunhuang is an oasis shaped by the sands of time that has survived and thrived in the desert for millennia. The ancient refuge in one of the planet's tough
A new study found evidence that climate change likely drove the Harappans to resettle far away from the floodplains of the Indus.
Archaeological excavation has, historically, operated in a very hierarchical structure, according to archaeologist. The history of the enterprise is deeply entangled with Western colonial and imperial pursuits, she says. Excavations have been, and often s
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.
Research destroys theory that Chinese armourers used applications not discovered in the West until millennia later. Andrew Masterson reports.Chinese craftspeople did not – that’s did not – invent a sophisticated and highly effective anti-rust treatment mo
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
Qingbai ceramics from the Field Museum's Java Sea Shipwreck collection.Credit: Copyright The Field Museum. Photo by Kate GolembiewskiScientists just blasted pottery from an ancient shipwreck with a "ray gun." Besides being totally sci-fi, the X-
Roman historians accused Nero of deliberately setting the Great Fire of Rome so that he could rebuild the city in a more pleasing style.Credit: Photographer Helmut Wimmer/Copyright Interspot Film GmbHWas the infamously cruelNeroreally as terrible an emper
Climate change trashed the Byzantine Empire, ancient garbage mounds revealed.Credit: ShutterstockAbout a century before the fall of the Byzantine Empire — the eastern portion of the vast Roman Empire — signs of its impending doom were written in garbage.A
Roman relief of a chariot race and spectators, from the Vatican Museum's collection.Credit: CM Dixon/Print Collector/GettyDuring the first century, people across Rome were obsessed with chariot races, which frequently produced horrific crashes.However, on
适当的怀疑并不是对一段非同寻常的艺术史的反驳，而是每一道艺术主菜中必不可少的配菜。当某件事好得都令人难以置信的时候，比如最近一件声称是达芬奇“唯一幸存”的雕塑作品的重新揭幕，我们就有必要仔细看看这方面的专家是如何得出如此非凡的结论的。意大利佛罗伦萨的斯特罗齐宫博物馆3月9日起公开举办一场展览，其中包括据称是达·芬奇年轻时（19岁或20岁）创作的一件雕像。这座雕塑之前一直被收藏在英国的维多利亚及阿尔伯特博 ...
Archaeologists exploring the site of a naval battle fought 2,200 years ago between Rome and Carthage have uncovered clues to how the battle may have unfolded — as well as several mysteries.
Researchers have succeeded in pinpointing the exact origins of 700-year-old Chinese pottery items recovered from a shipwreck.
©UNESCO Ministry of Foreign Affairs, TurkmenistanFollowing the Fifth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Serial Transnational World Heritage Nomination of the Silk Roads, 4–5 December 2018, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, the participants including nat
Officials in charge of the Old Summer Palace in northwestern Beijing have announced plans to refurbish one of the original landmarks of the Imperial Garden which had – until recently – been lost to time.Announcing on Monday the results of an archaeologica
Ancient Knossos. Source: WikipediaThe Greek government has decided to remove more than 2,000ancient sites, monuments and museums from a state assets fund after archaeologists protested, fearing the country’s heritage might be sold off.Among the sites incl
Burial circle A, tomb IV from the top of the Lions Gate. In the background is the city of Argos. Photo by Robert McCabeThe Archaeological Society of Greece is celebrating 180 years of glorious history with a once-in-a-lifetime-exhibit of black and white p
Dutch art detective Arthur Brand poses with two limestone Visigoth reliefs from the seventh century in London on Jan. 20, 2019.Credit: Niklas Halle'n/AFP/GettyIn 2004, two chunky limestone reliefs depictingCatholic saintswere stolen from a medieval church
An intentionally damaged limestone carving found within a 3,500-year-old shrine at Tell Edfu, in southern Egypt, shows what appears to be an ancient couple who someone tried to vanquish in the afterlife.The carving depicts a man and woman standing beside
Archeologists recently discovered two ancient tombs in Egypt.Credit: Egyptian Ministry of AntiquitiesArcheologists recently found two ancient tombs in Egypt that date back to Roman times, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced yesterday (Jan. 15).One o
A schoolchild's homework in Greek was written on a wax tablet nearly 2,000 years ago.Credit: Copyright British Library BoardHomework written by a school kid in ancient Egypt has been preserved since the second century A.D. And the words on the slab may so
基本信息： 编著：Gabriela Krist,张良仁 出版社：BÖHLAU VERLAG WIEN KÖLN WEIMAR（维也纳博劳出版社） 出版时间：2018 ISBN: 9783205200444 内容简介： 从2014年开始，在欧亚-太平洋地区大学联盟（Eurasia-PacificUninet, 简称EPU）支持下，由南京大学和维也纳应用艺术大学（University
Defense wallCredit: S.E. SidebothamA 2,300-year-old fortress, and associated structures, which protected an ancient port called Berenike, have been discovered in Egypt by the Red Sea. This photo shows a fragment of the northern defense wall of Berenike un
By mapping historical spy-satellite images to recent aerial photos, researchers can find historical sites that vanished decades ago.Credit: Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of ArkansasWhen the United States launched its first secret &q
The Liujiawa cemetery is located in the west of the Liujiawa village, the town of Wangzhuang, Chengcheng city in Shaanxi province. It was discovered due to tomb-looting, following which a salvage excavation along with a regional systematic survey in the s
Languages of Ancient Southern Mongolia and North China: A Historical-Comparative Study of the Serbior Xianbei Branch of the Serbi-Mongolic Language (English and Chinese Edition) Bilingual Edition
中国观察文物保护与利用学术研讨会2016年全国文物工作会上，总书记对文物工作作出“努力走出一条符合国情的文物保护利用之路”的重要指示。这一命题的提出，事关优秀传统文化资源的保护传承，事关中华文化的伟大复兴以及对外传播，引起了相关行业和部门的高度重视。为深入贯彻落实总书记的重要指示精神，在国家文物局的支持下，中国文化遗产研究院申报了国家社科基金项目“符合国情的文物保护利用之路研究”，经全国哲 ...
(© Trustees of the British Museum)Inscribed coneOn May 2, 2003, shortlyafter the invasion of Iraq, London’s Metropolitan Police raided an antiquities dealer and seized eight artifacts they believed had been obtained through illicit channels. It’s typ
Military officer’s stable preserved under ash from eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Greek and Roman writers record the use of a substance called miltos as a decoration, a medicine – and a handy way to repair a boat. Now scientists have worked out why. Andrew Masterson reports.
An important Christian site has just been discovered inCypruswith mosaics which bear clear inscriptions in Greek, according to an Athens Macedonia News Agency (AMNA) report.The excavation, conducted on the Akrotirio peninsula by theDepartment of Antiquiti
Credit: Raffaella Bianucci, University of TurinHistoric finds in 2018Many fascinating archaeological discoveries were made in 2018. From the world'soldest cheeseto the world'soldest breweryto a massive black granite sarcophagus that ignited a mediafrenzys
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality will feature life-sized warrior figures and two Imperial Army horses
