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• Shanghai Qinglong Town Confirmed By Archaeological Excavation As Important Port of Maritime Silk Road During Tang And Song Dynasties

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

• Stone soldiers, athletes and giants of Mongolia

The primordial drevnetyurksky name – “бәдіз” (“badiz”), in some regions – “мүсін” (“musin”), but the most known – балбалтас.

• New technology 'virtually unwraps' Egyptian mummies

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.

• Ancient plants in Israel give clues about real 'Paleo' diet

Mom was right: Eat your vegetables. We were born to be herbivores.

• Dogs, monkeys, cats: 2,000-year-old pet cemetery uncovered in Egypt

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.

• Royal altar of heaven discovered in Shaanxi

The site is located in the village of Banpopu, where a team of archeologists began excavation in July. Important ruins include a mound altar, along with walls, buildings, roads and sacrificial pits. More than 1,900 items that were used in worship ceremoni

• Significant achievements from the excavation of No. 2 Mound of Batatai cemetery, Yunnan

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

• Prehistoric relics unearthed from Jiangsu tombs

An ancient cultural site dating back more than 5,000 years ago was found by experts from the Nanjing Museum following a three month excavation at the Zhao village archaeological site in Suqian city of Jiangsu province.

• Ancient State-level sacrificial site discovered

Archaeologists recently found a State-level venue used by ancient emperors to partake in sacrificial offerings.

• China spends 3.5 billion yuan protecting world heritage sites

China has spent a total of 3.5 billion yuan(510.39 million U.S. dollars) on the protection of two world heritage sites in southwest China's Sichuan Province over the past two decades.

• In Brazil found creepy ancient burial

Archaeologists have discovered terrifying evidence of ancient burial rituals that took place in one of the regions of Brazil.

• Excavation on tomb of Liu He's wife to start next year

As the excavation of the Emperor Liu He's tomb in the Haihunhou mausoleum is completed, archaeological work on his wife's tomb is scheduled to start during the first half of next year, according to Nanchang Daily.

• Feasts in Iron Age Anatolia drove demand for Cypriot-style ceramics

Cypriot-style ceramics were all the rage in Anatolia – present-day Turkey – during the Iron Age. They're been found in digs thousands of years old.

• Hebrew may be world's oldest alphabet

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and turned them into the Hebrew alphabet ove

• Zawyet El-Erian – the forbidden city in Egypt

Zawyet El-Erian is a city in Lower Egypt, located between Giza and Abusion.

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