Archaeologists in Southwest China's Yunnan province said Wednesday that they had discovered 17 cave tombs dating back thousands of years.The tomb group is believed to be the main part of an 1,500-square-meter cave site found last September in Zheka villag
Visitors view the exhibits at the newly-opened relics museum of Rui State at Liangdai Village in Hancheng city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 7, 2018. The museum is built upon the tomb complex of Rui state during ancient China's Zhou Dynasty (
Archeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient city in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, believed to have been built some 2,000 years ago.The ruins are on Deling Mountain in western Inner Mongolia, 1.3 km northwest of a section of the
Photo taken on Feb 7, 2018 shows tri-colored glazed pottery of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907) at the Hieronim Lopacinski Voivodeship Public Library in Lublin, Poland. The exhibition "Tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty in Luoyang, China&qu
Photo taken on Feb 7, 2018 shows tri-colored glazed pottery of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907) at the Hieronim Lopacinski Voivodeship Public Library in Lublin, Poland. The exhibition "Tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty in Luoyang, China&qu
A total of 221 cultural relics from Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region will be on display at the Capital Museum in Beijing.The items, including precious buddha statues, Thangka paintings, brocade, and golden masks, were transported to the museum on
Almost half a million people are expected to visit a stunning exhibition featuring the famous Terracotta Warriors which is to open to the public in Liverpool on Friday.Ahead of the opening, curators from National Museums Liverpool (NML) and a team from th
File photo shows chime debris with inscriptions at the ruins of a government office building, which was believed to be a musical department of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.), in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The ruins, 110 meters long and 19.5 meter
Xinhua News Agencyreports that a Qin-Dynasty office building has been uncovered in northwest China. The building’s four rooms had clay walls measuring nearly ten feet thick, possibly made from tiles and bricks. According to Xu Weihong of the Shaanxi Provi
The ruins of an ancient tripartite-city, known as Sanlian City, in midwest Mongolia's Khermental City, demonstrates that the Xiongnu tribe used to perform religious ceremonies and hold alliance meetings there.The Xiongnu was a nomadic tribe that made its
Archeologists discover 3,000-year-old Marquis' tomb in NW ChinaFrom：Xinhua NetWriter：Date：2017-12-05Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China might have been under the imperial rule of Chinese emperors much earlier than archeologists previously tho
HONG KONG, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Silk Road exhibition featuring rare relics from the Chinese Mainland, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan opened Tuesday at Hong Kong's Museum of History.The "Miles upon Miles: World Heritage along the Silk Road" exhibitio
A hoof-shaped ingot, gold cakes, a jade seal and a jade pendant are unearthed from the Haihunhou tomb. Chinese authorities have approved a plan to turn the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun into a national-level archeological relics park, the management offic
People wait to view terracotta warriors during a press preview at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia, the United States, on Nov 15, 2017. Titled "Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China", the exhibition f
Archaeologists work at the No. 3 Horse and Chariot Pit, one of a cluster of tombs belonging to noble families of the Zheng State, a vassal state during the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States periods (475-221 BC), near the city of Xinzheng i
Archaeologists work at the No. 3 Horse and Chariot Pit near the city of Xinzheng, Central China's Henan province, June 15, 2017. Archaeologists have excavated a 2,400-year-old pit containing horses and chariots beside a tomb possibly belonging to a lord.
Items unearthed from the tomb of China's first female general are on display at Changsha Muesum. More than 470 items unearthed from the tomb of China's first female general are on display in Central China's Hunan province.The exhibition, covering 1,600 sq
The graveyard relicslocatednearFudiCity in Huanghua,north China's Hebei Province. Photo provided byHuanghua municipal governmentBy Fang Ning, Wang MinA total of 110 tombs dating back more than 2,000 years have been discovered in northern China's Hebei Pro
Closer view of the Maijishan Grottoes in Northwest China's Gansu province, August 12, 2015 A systematic assessment for damage to caves at Maijishan Grottoes in Northwest China's Gansu province has been conducted as part of restoration work, according to l
Built more than 900 years ago, Sakya Monastery is renowned for its huge collection ofartwork.In the morning, researchers and monks gather in front of a hall in Sakya Monastery, the earliest monastery of the Sakya Sect of the Tibetan Buddhism.They go throu
A woman takes a photo at the exhibition "Secrets of the Celestial Empire" in Moscow, Russia, on Oct 12, 2017. The exhibition, held from October 12 to November 5, displays such exhibits as paper, silk and the seismoscope invented by Chinese inven
The 1,300-year-old Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. A large-scale renovation project will soon begin at the 1,300-year-old Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, according to an official.Approved by the State Administration of Cu
A ceremony is held to mark the 2,568th birthday of Confucius, in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 28, 2017. Confucius, a great Chinese thinker and philosopher, had his birthday celebrated around the country on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)A cere
A visitor views terracotta warriors displayed at an exhibition of civilization of the Qin (221 BC-207 BC) and Han (202 BC-220 AD) dynasties, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 17, 2017. A lamp of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD) is displayed at an e
Photo taken on Aug 31, 2017 shows the ruins of the Guge Kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region. Guge Kingdom, which founded around the 9th century but disappeared mysteriously during the 17th century, attr
Pieces of China's oldest stone arch bridge repairedFrom：Xinhua NetWriter：Date：2017-09-01More than 30 relics from China's oldest stone arch bridge have been repaired, the first time such work has been undertaken on it.The items, from Zhaozhou Bridge, are m
Experts disscuss on the objects unearthed at the ruins in Jeminay County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 16, 2017. Archeologists identified a cluster of caves in Jeminay on a paleolithic site, the first ever found in the region.
A picture of China's Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, Aug 12, 2013. China's Tianlongshan Grottoes have reopened to public after two and a half years of renovation, authorities in Taiyuan, capital of North China's
A stoneware unearthed from a settlement is seen in Wenquan county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 20, 2017. More than 50 experts from State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Institute of Archaeology of the China Academy of
Photo taken on Aug 10, 2017 shows the excavation site of Xinzheng Gate in Kaifeng city, Central China's Henan province. Six ancient cities dating from the Warring States Period (475 BC- 221 BC) to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) were found deep underground i
An ancient rock inscription and stone monument dating back 900 years have been discovered on a mountain in Cixian county,North China's Hebei province.The inscription, made up of more than 130 Chinese characters, was carved on a piece of smooth stone about
Ateam of archaeologists from Henan province are setting off to Mongolia. The first ever archaeology collaboration between Henan province, Central China, and Mongolia, will break ground on July 21 as the Chinese team left for Mongolia Wednesday.The program
A staff member of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows a pottery bird statue in Xinmi, Central China's Henan province, July 10, 2017. Carbon dating has recently confirmed the age of a 3,800-year-old red pottery bird statue, unearthed in Central China'
Archeologists have found some people in East China 5,000 years ago to be unusually tall and strong.
URUMQI - Excavation has begun at the site of a 1,000-year-old city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, archaeologists said Wednesday.
The excavation of a Zheng State tomb from the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C. - 476 B.C.) has already found more than 20 chariots and a large amount of horse bones.
Archaeologists have spent months excavating a lost temple that disappeared for nearly a millennium in downtown Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.
Actors perform a traditional Chinese dance during the 2017 Silk Road International Exposition in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, June 3, 2017. More than 1,200 Chinese domestic companies and over 300 foreign exhibiting companies from
After two years of research, archaeologists Friday confirmed astronomical engravings had been found on a 2,000-year-old rock carving in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Construction of a museum built on the ruins of the capital of the Xia Dynasty (2100 - 1600 BC), China's earliest dynasty, will start in June, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced Thursday.
Two visitors walk in the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the International Museum Day in Berlin, capital of Germany, on May 18, 2017. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)Visitors look on displayed documents at the underground "Place of Information" of
The Shengjing museum of stone tablets opened to the public on Wednesday, one day before International Museum Day.
The world economy is going through a turbulent time, but the Belt and Road Initiativemight just rebalance the things and help restore faith in globalization.
Quanzhou in east China's Fujian Province was the country's major port for foreign tradeduring the Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368).
A tomb dating back around 1,800 years has been discovered in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, authorities said Tuesday.
Wang Jianxin knows the ancient Silk Road like the back of hishand. He has visited hundreds of sites along the routes in the past twenty years andbelieves he is almost ready to lay bare the secrets of the Greater Yuezhi, an ancientnomadic kingdom.
Inner Mongolia autonomous region in North China has started the process of having the Juyan archeological site recognized with a UNESCO cultural heritage listing, said local authorities on Wednesday.
Visitors watch the art creations from Louvre Museum at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Hong Kong, South China, April 25, 2017. A total of 126 pieces of art were displayed during the exhibition "Inventing le Louvre: From Palace to Museum over 800 Yea
Chinese cultural heritage preservationists have proposed building a park at the site where relics of a historical uprising were excavated this year.
Chinese archeologists announced Thursday they have excavatedmore than 30,000 relics from a riverbed. They are believed to be treasures owned by theleader of an ancient uprising.
Archaeologists have found 13 tombs, which are estimated to bebetween 1,800 and 2,700 years old, in Bomi County of southwest China's TibetAutonomous Region.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, has 1,862,690 cultural relics registered in its collection as of the end of 2016, according to Shan Jixiang, curator of the museum, on Wednesday.
Imagine a pottery male figure with his upper body naked, revealing his natural and astonishingly accurate anatomy. He wears only a short loincloth, imposing his muscles as a strong man.
the Jingyin Temple on a cliff of Gujian Mountain in Qijiang district of Southwest China's Chongqing. The ancient Jingyin Temple was initially built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Located at the southern foot of Wuzhou Mountain 16 kilometers west of Datong, ShanxiProvince, the Yungang Grottoes were built against the mountain and extend about 1kilometer from east to west.
A thousand-year-old pagoda in Central China's Henan province has started on its largest-scale renovation since 1949, said local officials on Tuesday.
Daughter of Dunhuang
A centuries-old legend that a vast booty of treasure belonging to the leader of a Chinese peasants uprising was lying at the bottom of a river has now been proven true.
An archaeologist works at the ancient Haifeng town ruins site in Huanghua, north China's Hebei Province, March 17, 2017. Chinese archaeologists began the second-stage excavation of the ruins here, expecting to unveil functions of the town as an important
China will publish the Analects of Confucius -- a collection ofideas and sayings from the Chinese philosopher -- in five languages for Belt and Roadcountries this year.
Chinese travel agencies on Wednesday charmed tourism dealers at a key travel trade show in Berlin, featuring the Silk Road destinations.
Visitors view the exhibit during the exhibition "The Silk Road: Reflection of Mutual Learning" in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2016. The exhibition kicked off on Wednesday.
An archaeology staff member cleans a tomb figure found in Daliang Village, Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 27, 2017. Two tombs dating from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) have been discovered here recently, in which more than 60 p
