Photos by Greek Ministry of CultureThe last five years of archaeological research and excavation in central Greece’s Petroto village, near the Trikala area, has unearthed a major settlement that dates back to the late Bronze Age.The village of Petroto on
A clay tablet inscribed with thirteen verses of Homer’s “Odyssey” found at Ancient Olympia, and the wreck of a 2,400-year-oldGreek merchant ship found on the seabed of the Black Seamade the list of the “Top 10 Discoveries of 2018” in the current issue ofA
This 4,400-year-old tomb at Saqqara was constructed for a "divine inspector" named "Wahtye."Credit: Photo courtesy Egyptian Ministry of AntiquitiesA 4,400-year-old tomb constructed for a "divine inspector" named "Wahtye&
Thessaloniki’s Panagia ton Chalkeon (the Virgin Mary of Chalki) church is from the 11th century. Photo by wikipediaAn agreement called “The Charter for the Protection of theByzantineHeritage Monuments” wasunanimouslyratified this weekend after a three-day
Chris2018-08-18 19:37来源：澎湃新闻字号“……元狩元年，博望侯张骞使大夏来，言居大夏时见蜀布、邛竹、杖，使问所从来，曰‘身毒国，可数千里，得蜀贾人市’。……于是天子（汉武帝）乃令……指求身毒国。至滇，……莫能通身毒国。”——司马迁《史记·西南夷列传第五十六》最初没有打算来上信德。这里毕竟不如下信德的卡拉奇和塔塔古城有吸引力。我在一个摄影网站上，找到一些巴基斯坦人，然后发信征求他们的意见。第一个回复 ...
Samuel Gao2018-10-13 07:29来源：澎湃新闻字号“雀踏花枝出素纨，曾闻人说刻丝难。要知应是宣和物，莫作寻常黹绣看。” 宋徽宗为缂丝名家朱克柔的作品所做的诗，道出了缂丝在千百年来为何如此深受上层人物喜爱。缂丝“通经断纬”，工艺繁复，图样又极为优美。宋代官署文思院下设专门生产缂丝的“克丝作”，使缂丝行成了纯粹供欣赏的艺术门类——缂丝画。清代则制作了大量供皇室穿着的缂丝服饰及供皇家供奉的缂丝唐卡，这些均是缂 ...
Melissa 综合整理2018-11-03 09:31来源：澎湃新闻字号“我们准备明早8点出发，以便赶上一个晴天。最早下午8点的时候，你们会看到我翻过最后的岩石，登上与天最接近的地点。”1924年，乔治·马洛里第三次也是最后一次向心中的女神珠穆朗玛峰发起挑战，遇难的前一天，他派出一名夏尔巴向导给5 号营地的同伴送去一封简短的便笺，留下了这些一如往常般满怀信心的文字。乔治·马洛里与妻子鲁丝·特纳，摄于1914年。本文图片均为 资料图 ...
Sophie Ibbotson，Max Lovell-Hoare；编译/Loene2018-12-07 18:45来源：澎湃新闻字号2000年吉尔吉斯斯坦爆发革命时，在我居住的英国，没几个人能在地图上指出这个国家的位置。看电视新闻的人结结巴巴地读出它的名字，甚至有人会问：“这地方真的存在吗？”它不但真实存在，还拥有世界上最美丽、最不寻常的自然风景。或许这正是吉尔吉斯人把祖国藏起来、不让外人知道的原因吧。吉尔吉斯斯坦共和国位于中亚东部、哈萨克草原南方，紧 ...
Zhangzhuang Ancient Cemetery was located in Haizhou District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. Mar., 2018, Lianyungang City Museum conducted salvage excavation, and 36 tombs was excavated, among which 6 belong to Western Han Dynasty, 11 belonged to Eas
Parts of the replicas rely on ‘respectable guesstimate’ of what the original looked like
Jewellery and grooming items found during summer excavation in Lincolnshire
In 1974, Chinese peasants who were digging a well, suddenly stumbled upon fragments of some kind of ceramics, and then on the shoulders of a statue of baked clay. The peasants reacted to the find as befits a well-educated people, which they really were no
The remains of residential buildings found at Tenea date between roughly 300 B.C. and A.D. 400.Credit: Photo courtesy Greek Ministry of CultureArchaeologists have uncovered portions of the ancient Greek city of Tenea, whose residents claimed they were pri
A 2,100-year-old pit containing a mini "Terracotta Army" has been discovered in China.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsInside a 2,100-year-old pit in China, archaeologists have discovered a miniature army of sorts: carefully arrange
The fall of the Roman Empire may have been a partial result of the decade of famine and plague that began in A.D. 536, the authors of a new study say.Credit: Thomas Cole/ New York Historical SocietyIn A.D. 536, Europe had a terrible, horrible, no-good, ve
Residents of Yangchun tell Dutch court of importance of Buddha statue which contains mummified remains
Five Greek municipalities and the Hellenic Archaeologists Association have appealed to the Greek Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, calling for the abolition of the ministerial decisions that will allow ownership of national his
At least four marble statues of kouroi and parts of an ancient cemetery were discovered by a farmer near the town of Atalanti in Fthiotida, central Greece.The life-size kouroi, Greek statues representing young standing males, are in very good condition.Ac
The director of the J. Paul Getty Museum describes a new approach to presenting the art of ancient Greece and Rome
UNESCO condemns the intentional destruction of the Ahmed Al-Faz Mosque and Mausoleum in Hodeida, located on the coast approximately 30km from the World Heritage property of the Historic Town of Zabid. The General Organization of Antiquities and Museums (G
In 2016 and 2017, the Anyang Archaeological Team of Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IA CASS) set two archaeological locations in the eastern Dasikong area. One is Rural Resettlement Excavation Location and the other one is Sh
The main cave that Aristotle and Alexander the Great used as school. Photo by sxoliaristotelous.grA place of universal historic and cultural interest, the ruins of the School ofAristotlelocated are just two miles from the contemporary town of Naoussa, in
CAT archaeologists kneel next to a brick plinth that would have originally supported the timber frame of the c. 1520 house.Credit: Colchester Borough CouncilWhen a gang of goons rammed their Toyota truck into the side of a 500-year-old house in the Englis
ICIP (the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation) very much looks forward to welcoming participants to the 2018 conference: ‘Critical issues in Heritage Interpretation and Sustainable Tourism’, taking place in Florenc
Every year, disasters caused by natural hazards affect millions of people around the world. The resultant human losses are tragic and highlight the vulnerabilities shared by our societies.
Workers paint the Red Palace, part of the Potala Palace, during annual renovation work following the end of the rainy season in Lhasa, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Oct 23, 2018. The painting work will take one week. A retiree from the Potala
Everyday life inAncient Athensof the Hellenistic era was more exciting than in most ancient cities mainly due to the fact that Greeks had theater, great philosophers, were involved in politics, many were into athletics, and had developed the art of the di
The ongoing research in Akrotiri onSantorinigradually has revealed a place of rituals, very close to Xesti 3, an important public building with rich fresco decorations on the southern boundary of the settlement.According to archaeologists, theexcavationfi
(ANSA) - Rome, October 24 - The remains of five people, probably two women and three children, were found in a bedroom in Pompeii on Wednesday. The group probably took refuge in the bedroom in a desperate attempt to escape a shower of volcanic rocks that
In a 5,000 year-old jar, archaeologists discovered the remnants of wineDeep inside Monte Kronio, hot, humid and sulfurous caves held an ancient secret.(Giuseppe Savino, La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche, CC BY-ND)This article was originally published on F
This graffiti, recently discovered on the wall of a Pompeii house, suggests that Mount Vesuvius blew its top in the autumn of A.D. 79, not in August as some had thought.Credit: Pompeii Parco ArcheologicoGraffiti scribbled on the wall of a Pompeii house th
UNESCO / Japanese Funds-in-Trust Project"Support for Silk Roads World Heritage Sites in Central Asia (Phase II)"Central Asian Sub-Regional Workshop Development of Management Strategies for Silk Roads Corridors3-4 October 2018 Almaty, Kazakhstan
在联合国教科文组织/日本信托基金项目框架下，联合国教科文组织驻阿拉木图办事处与世界遗产中心、联合国教科文组织驻塔什干办事处和哈萨克斯坦共和国文化体育部合作，于 2018年10月2日至4日在阿拉木图共同组织了本次次区域研讨会。费尔干纳-锡尔河廊道工作小组次区域协调会议以及“制定中亚丝绸之路遗产廊道管理战略”次区域研讨会，汇集了来自联合国教科文组织各部门和全国委员会的代表，以及来自哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉 ...
Non-invasive technique devised by British Museum sheds light on dyeing and weaving process
The 10-year-old has a rock stuffed in the mouth, something that may have been done to prevent the child from rising from the grave and spreading malaria to other people.Credit: David Pickel/Stanford UniversityA 1,550-year-old "vampire burial" of
The "Grand Lady's" coffin was buried inside another coffin in China.Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsAn exquisitely preserved skeleton of a woman dubbed the "Grand Lady" has been discovered in a water-filled coffin within
Final resting placeCredit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural RelicsArchaeologists in China have uncovered the tomb of a 900 year-old "Grand Lady," as writing found in her tomb calls her, in China. The inner coffin of the Grand Lady is shown here.
Stonehenge exhibition illustrates apparent hiatus in flow of people and ideas
A group of archaeologists from Italy examined the remains of those who died as a result of the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD and found out that most of them had a head blast. Their research is published in the scientific journal Plos One.The e
A preserved painting shows the clearing of the site of Capitolias, with the assistance of Dionysus and other gods.Credit: Copyright CNRS HiSoMAIn an ancient Roman tomb that was recently discovered in Jordan, a colorful mural offers a comics-like glimpse o
This miniature artwork shows Pope Joan, who has just given birth to an infant during a Church procession.Credit: The New York Public LibraryMedieval legends claim that Pope Joan was the first and only female pope. And now, an analysis of ancient silver co
From Sept 2017 to Feb 2018, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology conducted excavation to the tombsatQinhanxinquof Xixian NewDistrict and Liquan County of Xianyang City in Shaanxi Province to support the infrastructure construction. Altogether 21 to
A large Roman water-mill collection in France didn’t supply its adjacent city, as assumed. Andrew Masterson reports.
This is a geological amber sample from Cuchía, analysed as part of the study.Credit: M. Murillo-Barroso and Alvaro Fernandez FloresAmber and other unusual materials such as jade, obsidian and rock crystal have attracted interest as raw materials for the m
Archaeologists from China and Great Britain came to the conclusion that before the state of Yin, which is considered the first ancient Chinese state formation, there was an ancient developed civilization. Its representatives were able to erect complex eng
FromMay12to13,hostedbytheStateAdministrationofCulturalHeri- tageandShaanxiProvincialPeople'sGovernment,theInternationalSilk RoadsForumontheArchaeologicalViewwasorganizedbytheShaanxi ProvincialAdministrationCulturalHeritageofinXi'an.Expertsandschol- arsfro
"You are the stench of a low-life latrine," said one irate character to another in the ancient Roman novel "The Metamorphoses," written by Apuleius in the late second century A.D.Credit: ShutterstockAre ugly accusations and verbal abus
资讯原文作者：Mariacristina Ferraioli原文日期：2018年8月11日翻译日期：2018年8月17日翻译人：Shui校对：Lisa原文链接：http://www.artribune.com/progettazione/new-media/2018/08/uffizi-online-archivi-digitali/正文乌菲兹征服了网络。在几天之前，我们就发布过“乌菲兹博物馆的I
托管世界的遗产引言1971年11月6日，《纽约时报》第31版刊登了一篇文章，题目是《托管世界的遗产》。美国是最早倡导世界遗产公约的国家之一，尼克松总统在任期间，曾致力于全世界共同保护属于全人类的遗产，并促进美国业已成型的国家公园的保护体系在世界范围内的推广。这篇《托管世界的遗产》，便是在这样一个背景下诞生。它的作者是拉塞尔·特兰(June 4, 1920 – September 17, 2012)
Archaeologists from China and Great Britain came to the conclusion that before the state of Yin, which is considered the first ancient Chinese state formation, there was an ancient developed civilization. Its representatives were able to erect complex eng
The key to Roman mercantile power turned into a lake more than 500 years ago. Now, researchers think they’ve found it again. Andrew Masterson reports.
This figure shows images of the step pyramid. a) part of the stone buttresses of the second and the third steps of the pyramid; b) eye symbols that decorate the pyramid c) a view of the buttresses under excavation; d) a general view of the pyramid before
From September 2017 to January 2018, the archaeological team of Guangzhou Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted a salvage archaeological excavation to Gancaoling Site. The site was located in Jiulong Town, Huangpu District, Guan
New analyses that use tree rings could settle the long-standing debate about when the volcano Thera erupted by resolving discrepancies between archeological and radiocarbon methods of dating the eruption, according to new research.
First comprehensive analytical datasets of copper-based museum artifacts shed new light on provenance and production of Egyptian metal objectsImage from Baidu resource, no relevance to the articlewww.sssc.cnTwo new studies, published in theJournal of Arch
Studies of ancient plant remains from a medieval archaeological site in the Pamir Mountains of Uzbekistan have shown that fruits, such as apples, peaches, apricots, and melons, were cultivated in the foothills of Inner Asia. The archaeobotanical study is
The octagon-shaped tomb is filled with murals and has a pyramid-shaped roof.Credit: Chinese Cultural RelicsArchaeologists in Yangquan, China, have discovered an octagon-shaped tomb with walls covered in murals that dates back some 700 years, when the desc
Ancient cityCredit: Chinese Cultural RelicsA tomb dating back around 700 years, to a time when the descendants of Genghis Khan ruled China, has been discovered in Yangquan City, China. The octagon-shaped tomb is filled with murals and has a pyramid-shaped
EmpireCredit:Razvy|ShutterstockThere were several different types of gladiators who fought at the time of the Roman Empire. Wearing different kinds of armor, and welding a mix of weapons, these fighters were pitted against each other in the arena and ofte
From August to September 2016, Anhui Provincial Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology and Huaibei Municipal Museum carried out joint salvage excavation to the newly found cemetery of Han dynasty. Altogether 27 ancient tombs were excavated, numbered
During the excavations in the city of Sintana in the Judas of Arad, a fortress was built in Romania, built 3,4 thousand years ago. It was 3 times more famous Troy. If the fortifications of Troy were located on an area of 29 hectares, the are
文、图 | seamouse2018-07-21 22:14来源：澎湃新闻世界杯期间，就着俄罗斯联邦给予购票球迷的免费Fan ID签证，我在所购场次的比赛间歇，乘火车转悠了这个巨大国度的几片区域。盛夏的辽阔北国，集中于欧洲部分的11个赛事城市，只有短短四五小时的黑夜。已经适应了枕日而眠的我，好奇地图上那些更北的荒原和湖泊，该有怎样一番日不落的景致？让基日岛入选世遗的两座18世纪木制教堂及钟楼于是，在7月6日第一场四分之一比赛和7月15日决 ...
“第二轮”为了积极配合2017年国家社会科学基金特别委托项目“符合国情的文物保护利用之路研究”（批准号为：17@ZH018）的开展，中国文化遗产研究院拟于2018年7月23-24日在北京召开“国际文物保护利用理论与实践学术研讨会”，交流研讨近年来相关重要国际组织、文物保护强国邻国以及与我国文物资源相似国家在遗产认知、保护理念、保护管理、展示利用、研究传播等方面的发展趋势，探讨与之相关的社会经济文化背景与影响要素，探索对 ...
The Stanchester Hoard of Roman coins. Courtesy Wiltshire MuseumAs Wiltshire Museum prepares to reveal treasures ranging from paintings of Stonehenge to 19th century Druid medals acquired with Art Fund support, Curator Lisa Brown highlights a Roman coin ho
