• The mystery of “Shymkent disks”
It’s been more than three years, but the fact that these artifacts in the world has not yet been found. While they are unique, scientists say.
It’s been more than three years, but the fact that these artifacts in the world has not yet been found. While they are unique, scientists say.
Ali Hribish stands by the Arch of Septimius Severus, which dominates Libya's ancient city of Leptis Magna, brandishing letters of thanks for his efforts to protect the site.
I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year on behalf of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Ali Hribish stands by the Arch of Septimius Severus which dominates Libya’s ancient city of Leptis Magna, brandishing letters of gratitude for his efforts to protect the site. The former electricity company employee in his 50s has become the Roman city’s
About 3000 years ago the people which today very few people remember passed a shattering gait through the Middle East. This army razed the cities to the ground, tortured survivors and sowed fear around the world.
2,000-year-old tombs dating back to the ancient Roman civilization have been unearthed in Turkey's central province of Kütahya during the construction works of the new municipality service building, reports said on Thursday.
2015年，在俄罗斯靠近北极圈的Gornoknyazevsk村庄附近发现了一批精美文物。文物的重见天日，带给科学家们一系列问题——比如，它们究竟是如何出现在这里的？
This treasure was accidentally found near the village of Gornoknyazevsk (YNAO) in 2015 and transferred to the Museum. A detailed study of the specialists have a lot of questions, and one of the most important how I got here this treasure.
This year’s archaeological excavations carried out in the ancient city of Daskyleion in the northwestern province of Balıkesir’s Bandırma district have unearthed two kitchens with utensils such as pots, pans, fish bone, seed and mortar made of b
On Saturday, 3 December 2016, the Abu Dhabi Declaration was adopted at the close of the International Conference on Safeguarding Cultural Heritage in Conflict Areas (2-3 December 2016). ICOMOS was represented at the conference by its Director General Mari
Archeologists working in suburban Shanghai have unearthed findings that show the shipping center was a Maritime Silk Road trading hub over 1,000 years ago.
More than 400 texts, dating between the middle ages and modern times, have been saved at the Mar Behnam monastery, a place that the Islamic State group (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) had occupied for more than two years, until November.
Excavation works in an ancient Christian pilgrimage site in northern Turkey dating back to 1st century B.C. have been resumed after two years.
Human blood, organs, and a surprising virus detected in ancient pottery
Turkish archeologists in Dascylium ancient city in Turkey's western province of Balıkesir have discovered a 2,600 year-old kitchen which belonged to the ancient Kingdom of Lydia in Anatolia.
Daesh terrorist have destroyed the ancient site of Nimrud almost beyond recognition, and left its ruins vulnerable to thieves and further damage, according to the United Nations.
Chinese archeologists discovered in Shaanxi province in Central China Imperial ritual complex, the Altar of heaven. Scientists have dated the construction to the beginning of the Qin dynasty (221-207 years BC), it was used for sacrifices, which were held
An international team of experts has discovered a mysterious ‘lost city’ in central Greece that could offer new clues to the region’s history.
As a combined Iraqi-Kurdish force fights its way into Mosul, the last major Iraqi city held by the Islamic State group (also known as Daesh, ISIS or ISIL), there have been reports that some ISIS fighters have chosen to surrender rather than fight to the d
Shanghai Qinglong Town Confirmed By Archaeological Excavation As Important Port of Maritime Silk Road During Tang And Song Dynasties Located in the Baihe town of Qingpu District, Qinglong Town site was the first trading port of Shanghai. The Archaeologi
The primordial drevnetyurksky name – “бәдіз” (“badiz”), in some regions – “мүсін” (“musin”), but the most known – балбалтас.
A number of artifacts with inscriptions survived in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, after the terrorist group ISIL (also known as ISIS or Daesh) destroyed the site.
The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology in a joint British-Australian exhibition.
A military offensive to take back the city of Mosul, Iraq, from the terrorist group ISIL (also called ISIS) has also resulted in the retaking of several historic sites that ISIL destroyed and looted.
Mom was right: Eat your vegetables. We were born to be herbivores.
A nearly 2,000-year-old pet cemetery holding the remains of dogs, monkeys and scores of cats has been uncovered in an ancient Egyptian town, archaeologists say.
From July 2015 to June 2016, excavations of No. 2 Mound in Batatai cemetery in Qilin District, Qujing City, Yunnan Province were conducted again jointly by Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Qujing Cultural Relics Administrati
Archaeologists have discovered terrifying evidence of ancient burial rituals that took place in one of the regions of Brazil.
Malaria afflicted the Roman Empire some 2,000 years ago, according to a new analysis of human teeth collected in Italian cemeteries.
Zawyet El-Erian is a city in Lower Egypt, located between Giza and Abusion.
Examination has defined age of lead books of religious contents in Hebrew language. It has turned out that books which long time were considered as a fake really have been written 2000 years ago.
When Egyptologists broke open the tomb of Queen Nefertari in 1904, they found a once-lavish burial place that had been looted in antiquity. Among the broken objects left behind were three portions of mummified legs.
On the afternoon of 22nd November, the“Measures for the Protection of Historic Sites Along the Maritime Silk Road in Ningbo City”(“Measures”) was reviewed and officially approved by the 90th executive meeting of Ningbo Municipal Government.
A treasure hunter armed with a metal detector, found in a field in Cambridgeshire, a giant necklace (torc) of gold, weighing about 730 grams and age of more than three thousand years.
More than 10,000 artifacts, including bronze and porcelain, terracotta, iron utensils, brought this year’s excavations in the Beijing district of Tongzhou at the construction site of the administrative center.
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient ‘city’ and cemetery once used by officials tasked with building royal tombs.
According to many researches, the Egyptian Sphinx hides even more riddles than Great pyramids. Nobody authentically knows when and for what purposes this huge sculpture was constructed.
Chinese workers digging a well in 1974 made a startling discovery: thousands of life-size terracotta figures of an army prepared for battle.
A third structure has been found within the famous Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, experts say.Researchers used 3D imaging to illustrate their findThe 10m (33t) tall pyramid was found within two other structures that comprise the 30m pyramid at the Ma
In the safe one old lady living in South Africa, kept the stone sardonyx, which she is ready to give Israel 225 million dollars. Amount fabulous, but in Israel still contemplating the stone may be from the temple of Jerusalem.
Unusual ritual complex has been discovered in the Karaganda region in 2012
This shell, at least, in that look as it was applied in Europe, is only one of links of the whole system of magic devices. His prototype, undoubtedly, existed in an extreme antiquity; however it is impossible to establish direct link between ancient ways
In the Jordanian town of Beit RAS discovered an ancient tomb with a cave and two burial chambers. According to preliminary data, the opening will belong to the Hellenistic/early Roman period.
In December the government of Israel plans to begin the grandiose archaeological expedition calculated for three years.
Age of the port, according to the researchers, 4600 years. Cheops, also known as Khufu, reigned from 2580 to 2550 BC, the Harbour was built 180 kilometers South of Suez, in the foothills of the desert mountains.
Inscriptions in the Etruscan language are very rare, therefore, every discovery produces a small – or big – sensation in the historical community.
Scorched layers of earth have protected the site for almost 2,000 years, which is now helping archaeologists to form a better understanding of life in the Iron Age.
Excavation works in an ancient Christian pilgrimage site in northern Turkey dating back to 1st century B.C. have been resumed after two years.
The British museum is stunned with new opening – in the scanned mummy of a hawk there was a child.
The resident of Ulyanovsk (Russia) contributed to funds of Regional museum of local lore a unique exhibit – bronze Chekan the second half of the VII-VI centuries BC.