Excavations in the ancient city of Arykanda in the southern province of Antalya’s Finike district, have unearthed the ruins of a 1,700 year-old villa.The findings in the ancient city show the importance of the city in the ancient times, said the archaeolo
Underwater research on the coast of the southern province of Mersin have discovered 18 shipwrecks on a coastline of 100 kilometers. The wreckages date back between 1,000 and 2,700 years.The Director of Underwater Projects Assistant Professor Hakan Ön
Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Patara in the southern province of Antalya’s Kaş district have unearthed 2,350 year-old tools used in daily life. Among them are a mirror frame and an iron fork.Initiated in 1988, the excavations in P
Excavations in a Urartian necropolis in the eastern province of Van’s Çavuştepe Castle, which has been plundered by treasure hunters in recent years, provide important details about Urartian burial customs.The Culture and Tourism Ministry has in
Conservation, restoration and integration works have been initiated for the Hellenistic towers in the ancient city of Perge in the southern province of Antalya. The work has been carried out by theAntalyaDirectorate of Surveying and Monuments.Antalya Surv
This year’s archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma, which lies on the coast of the Euphrates River and is famous for the Gypsy Girl Mosaic, has unearthed bronze pieces from the clothing of legion units, silver and iron materials, rings,
Vast underwater Roman ruins have been discovered off northeast Tunisia, apparently confirming a theory that the city of Neapolis was partly submerged by a tsunami in the 4th century AD.“It’s a major discovery,” Mounir Fantar, the head of a Tunisian-Italia
Ongoing excavations at the ancient city of Aspendos have unearthed 2,000-year-old shops and storage facilities.Located in Belkis neighborhood in the southern province of Antalya’s Serik district, the ancient theater at Aspendos hosts many artistic and cul
Large-Scale Tombs of Late Spring and Autumn Period Discovered in the Cemetery of Taosibei, Shanxi ProvinceFrom：Chinese ArchaeologyWriter：Date：2017-09-05Cemetery of Taosibei Site was located in Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province, it covered an area of 24,000
City wall in Nanjing city, Jiangsu province In historical Chinese cities like Nanjing and Xi’an, the ancient city walls stand downtown, forming a spectacular combination of the past and the present, of a historical relic and the modern metropolis.A remnan
最近两个月来，上海博物馆的“大英博物馆百物展：浓缩的世界史”受到众多人的追捧，听说不排个两小时队还进不去。图片来自上海博物馆官方微博大英百物展这个百物展的渊源还要从2010年说起，当时大英博物馆与BBC联合制作了介绍大英博物馆的100件藏品的广播节目，名为“100件物品中的世界史”，广受欢迎。从2014年起，由广播节目转变过来的同名展览也在多个国家的博物馆亮相，而上海博物馆是全球巡展的第9站，展览结束以后将返回大英 ...
Researchers carefully conserve an Osiris statuette found within the favissa. It's possible the statue of the god Ptah was placed with the Osiris statuettes because Osiris was the god of rebirth.Credit: Copyright J. Maucor/ CFEETK-CNRS-MoA; Copyright Antiq
A statue of Leonidas was erected in 1968 in Sparta, Greece.Credit:Anastasios71|ShutterstockSparta is a city in Laconia, on the Peloponnese in Greece. In antiquity, it was a powerful city-state with a famous martial tradition. Ancient writers sometimes ref
Large-Scale Tombs of Late Spring and Autumn Period Discovered in the Cemetery of Taosibei, Shanxi ProvinceFrom：Chinese ArchaeologyWriter：Date：2017-09-05Cemetery of Taosibei Site was located in Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province, it covered an area of 24,000
This year’s archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma, which lies on the coast of the Euphrates River and is famous for the Gypsy Girl Mosaic, has unearthed bronze pieces from the clothing of legion units, silver and iron materials, rings,
A 2,500-year-old mausoleum in the southern province ofAntalyahas become the victim of vandalism.Considered one of the symbolic mausoleums of the Lycian era, the mausoleum, located in the Gölova neighborhood, 12 kilometers away from the Elmalı di
AN EXCITING NEW HOARD OF ANCIENT ROMAN WRITING TABLETS UNEARTHED AT VINDOLANDA.
The story of a teenage soldier named Laurentius Loricatus, who accidentally killed a man was written on a lengthy scroll in A.D. 1244, and is now kept at the Vatican Secret Archives.Credit: G. VendittozziAbout 800 years ago, a teenage soldier named Lauren
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,
Wei State Cemetery of Western Zhou Dynasty found in Yangjinzhuang, Henan ProvinceFrom：Chinese ArchaeologyWriter：Date：2017-08-22Yangjinzhuang Cemetery was located in Gaocun Town Qi County, Henan Province. A rescue excavation has been made by the joint team
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
An iron element map (right) made with new X-ray technology reveals the underlying craftsmanship hidden beneath a damaged portrait of a Roman woman (left).Credit: Roberto Alberti, Ph.D.Molten lava, volcanic ash, modern grime, salt, humidity. The ancient pa
An archaeologist works on part of a 1,500-year-old mosaic floor bearing the names of Byzantine Emperor Justinian, at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, on August 23, 2017 (AFP Photo)A 1,500-year-old mosaic floor with a Greek inscription has been uncover
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
Wet-sieving at the site of Ras Mkumbuu, Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Ras Mkumbuu is a 10th century Swahili trading port. Faunal remains, including those analyzed in this study, were recovered at this site.Credit: Mark HortonThe earliest introduction
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
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
世界遗产监测培训班走进哈尼梯田核心提示2017年8月15日上午，国家文物局与ICCROM主办，中国文化遗产研究院、红河学院承办的“国家文物局ICCROM 2017年度世界遗产监测培训班”在世界遗产地——云南红河哈尼梯田文化景观正式开班。开班仪式国家文物局办公室主任（外事联络司司长）解冰、ICCROM遗址部项目主管加米尼·维杰苏里亚（Gamini Wijesuriya）、元阳县县长和爱红出席开班仪式
第41届世界遗产委员会会议诞生21项新世界遗产（一）自然遗产介绍Introduction of Natural World Heritage sites2017年7月2日于波兰克拉科夫开幕的第41届世界遗产委员会会议于7月12日落下帷幕。在本次会议上，共有21项新的世界遗产诞生，同时批准了5项遗产的扩展或调整。至此，《世界遗产名录》上的遗产项目已达1073项。安哥拉及厄立特里亚更是首次有遗产入选。此外还有一项遗产被列入《世界濒危遗产名录》，同时有三项遗产不再被列 ...
国际科学会议——“丝绸之路和哈拉和林”原创 BEJ/CLT 联合国教科文组织由联合国教科文组织二类中心国际游牧文明研究所联合蒙古国教科文组织全国委员会，世界遗产鄂尔浑峡谷文化景观管理办公室，和哈拉和林博物馆共同主办，前杭爱省省政府和巴彦戈壁滩旅游基地以及蒙古第一个佛教寺院Erdene Zuu大力支持的国际科学会议——“丝绸之路和哈拉和林”于7月18日在蒙古国古都哈拉和林市举行。On July 18, in the city of Kharakhorum, an ...
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
Xidazhang Site is located in the south of Xidazhang Village, Lique Town, Guangrao County, Shangdong Province. From October to November in 2016, salvage excavation of Xidazhang Site was conducted jointly by Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritag
The Minotaur is a legendary beast said to have been caged in a labyrinth in Crete.Lapplaender / Wikimedia CommonsAncient DNA from Bronze Age Greek human remains has been sequenced for the first time. The findings could transform historical interpretations
Evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians is currently being unearthed in the City of David in excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority at the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
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
Written byThe Sofia Globe staffon July 28, 2017 inBulgaria-Comments Offon Archaeology: Ancient stone baptismal vessel found at Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica siteA team of archaeologists coming to the close of a 10-month project at Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basil
Genetic sequencing shows descendants of Canaanites live on, in Lebanon.
Malaria was already widespread on Sardinia by the Roman period, long before the Middle Ages, as research on a Roman who died 2,000 years ago indicates.
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
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.
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
Mummified members of an unknown bygone civilisation are dug from a permafrost necropolis on the edge of the Arctic.What's inside the cocoon? Picture: Alexander GusevThe discoveries at the Zeleniy Yar burial site near Salekhard have the potential to shed l
For as long as there have been humans, there have been humans getting drunk—or at least that’s what biomolecular archaeologist and brew connoisseurPatrick McGovernthinks.The jack-of-all-trades researcher tackles the subject at length in his new book,Ancie
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 Turkish-Italian team has completed the first part of their seven-season-long excavation works in an ancient site in the town of Karkamış, located in the province of Gaziantep on the Turkish-Syrian border, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on J
Theater has been loved by many people since classical times. Along with its popularity, stage theater construction evolved greatly between the ancient Greek and Roman periods. In this research, an architectural researcher has clarified the development pro
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
Gulangyu, an island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province. As one of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention, China has pledged to preserve its natural and cultural heritage."More inclusions on the World Heritage List come with greater
TEHRAN – The historical structure of the Iranian city of Yazd with a collection of public-religious architecture was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list on Sunday.
The Atlas of Ancient Rome looks at the city over the course of its evolution in remarkable detail
One of the great marvels of the ancient world, the city of Petra stands as a monument to a thriving civilization thousands of years ago, in what is now Jordan. Spectacular photos of the Nabatean metropolis — much of which was carved directly into vertical
Have you ever imagined appreciating precious cultural relics in a bustling and modern economic city? In the near future, this will become a surprising reality in Hong Kong, a city which has been dubbed a “cultural desert.”
Forensic techniques that are used to solve modern homicide cases helped American anthropologists reveal family resemblances in 2,000-year-old skulls from the Roman Empire.
The fiery end of the last Egyptian colony
In an effort to share more of our favourite ancient objects from around the world, Ancient History Encyclopedia staff have taken a closer look at some really amazing objects or structures. Today’s Object in Focus is theFrancois Vase.Pottery is history’s g
Treasure hunters have destroyed the Çağman Hill in the southern province of Antalya’s Korkuteli district.
Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean world, coastal communities in what is now south and central Italy still bore distinct physical differences to one another -- though the same could
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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’.
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.
Taijiasi site is situated in Sanhe village, Zhuzhai town, Funan County, Anhui province. Since 2014, A 3-year period archaeological work was carried out by Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Department of Archaeology of Schoo
After decades of neglect, one of Rome's most significant monuments prepares to open once again to the public after a multi-million-euro restoration project.
Gihon Spring was crucial to the survival of its inhabitants, and archaeologists had uncovered the remains of a massive stone tower built to guard this vital water supply. Based on pottery and other regional findings, the archaeologists had originally assi
From 2016 August, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology conducted the excavation at the Dongzhuang village, Houma City in Shanxi Province.
