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• Chinese museum offers hefty award for deciphering oracle bone characters

The National Museum of Chinese Writing on Thursday launched an award program to encourage people from around the world to help decipher oracle bone inscriptions.

• Ancient wells found in central Chinese city

A group of ancient wells have been found in the city of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, the city's cultural relics bureau announced Thursday.

• Ancient moat unearthed in north China

The moat of a 2,000-year-old city has been excavated in north China's Hebei Province.

• Qing Dynasty textbook shows how people learned English

A Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) English textbook shows how people in the 19th century learned English pronunciation. Daily oral English phrases, such as "Tomorrow I will give you an answer" and "Less one half of your price" are seen in the

• Wooden head sculpture hid rare Ming Dynasty banknote

A wrinkled banknote dating from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was found hidden in a Chinese wood sculpture from the 13th century by specialists from the Australian auction house Mossgreen, according to Financial Times.

• Priceless Chinese sculptures on display in South Africa

Some of China's iconic terracotta warriors are on exhibition in cities across South Africa. The priceless sculptures are also historical relics, that are more than 2,000 years old.It is considered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, and

• Earliest site of coal fuel found in Xinjiang

The earliest site where coal was used as fuel was discovered in Nilka county of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which are thought to date from more than 3,000 years ago, say archaeologists excavating the Jiren Taigoukou Ruins, according to Chinanews.com

• 5,000-Year-Old Scratched Stones Could Be Ancient Maps

Is this one of the world's oldest maps?

• Excavations begin at Antalya's Lyrboton Kome

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Lyrboton Kome, located in Antalya's Kepez district were launched yesterday in order to introduce the site to tourism.The ancient city, niched in a rocky tract in the Varsak region, will be resurrected in a

• Rare 1st-century mosaic unearthed in southeastern Turkey

Rare ancient mosaics, believed to date back to the 1st century BC, have been unearthed in the southeastern Şanlıurfa province of Turkey, the municipality said Wednesday.Archaeologists have discovered five base mosaics from Abgar V (BC 4 – AD 7),

• 11th century minaret in eastern Turkey out-leans Tower of Pisa

The angle of an 11th century mosque minaret near the eastern Turkish city of Elazığ has drawn comparisons with Pisa's famous leaning tower.

• 3,800-Year-Old 'Tableau' of Egyptian Boats Discovered

More than 120 images of ancient Egyptian boats have been discovered adorning the inside of a building in Abydos, Egypt. The building dates back more than 3,800 years and was built near the tomb of pharaoh Senwosret III, archaeologists reported.

• Bronze antiques on display in N China's Hebei

An exhibition of Chinese ancient bronze wares from Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou dynasties (c. 11th century - 256 BC) is being held at Handan Museum in Handan city, North China's Hebei province, Oct 23, 2016.

• 40 ancient shipwrecks accidentally discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea

An international maritime archaeology team from the University of Southampton conducting an expedition around the Black Sea accidentally discovered 40 perfectly preserved ancient shipwrecks from the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.

• Precious bricked mural tombs discovered in Shanxi

The three bricked mural tombs discovered by archeologists from Jin and Yuan dynasties were found in their entirety. Two of them are wooden-like octagon single room brick tombs, and the other round brick tomb.

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