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• Cemetery of Shang Dynasty Found in Longweipai Site, Guangdong Province

Longweipai Site is located in Dongyuan county, Heyuan city, Guangdong province. Guangdong Provincial Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics and Dongyuan Museum have conducted the salvage excavation to the site since January, 2016. With an excavation

• Listen to the world's oldest-known melody

In 1950, a collection of 29 tablets was discovered in the ruins of Ugarit, an ancient city in the northern region of present-day Syria, but only one had survived the intervening centuries well enough to be deciphered.

• Alahan Monastery attracts tourists with its history

The Alahan Monastery, which was described as "looking like the work of a master" by Evliya Çelebi in his acclaimed book "Seyahatname" (Book of Travels), enchants travelers with its historic building that has been standing for thou

• Pair died in 500BC and went to next life in fur coats, but with their heads severed

Skulls of ancient adult and child pair placed near kneecaps of grown-up, in bizarre burial puzzling archeologists.

• The New Discoveries of Xunjiansi(Patrol and Inspection administration) ruins of Ming Dynasty found in Guangxi Province

Xunjiansi is a department with the military and administrative functions,responsible for patrol and seizing the criminals. The Ming dynasty Nutan Village Xunjiansi ruinsis situated in Nanmu Town, Guiping, Guangxi Province.The Ming Dynasty Patrol and Inspe

• 6 bronze vessels unearthed in Jiangxi

Six bronze vessels were discovered in Jiangxi province on Sept. 18 by Yu Shiping, a farmer in Jishui County. According to Ye Xiang, a curator of the county museum, the bronze vessels were all standard utensils such as copper containers and wine warmers. T

• ICOMOS launches its collaborative photobank!

After several years of work, and having consulted our members in order to learn about their needs (see e-news No. 91, June 2013), the ICOMOS Documentation Centre is proud to present its latest tool: the ICOMOS collaborative photobank.

• 'Romani Bambino' statue brought back home to Gaziantep after 85 years

The ancient statue of "Romani Bambino," a Roman child holding a cluster of pistachios, was finally brought back home after 85 years.

• Water to flow from 2,000-year-old fountain again

Water will flow again from a 2,000-year-old fountain unearthed during ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Kibyra, located near the town of Gölhisar in Burdur province.

• Considerable gains of the first archaeological excavation at Quanshuigou and Dumudu’erbudege in Xinjiang province have been achieved

From July 6 to September 1, 2016, academics and students from School of Archaeology and Museology of History Department in Renmin University of China carried out, for the first time, the archaeological excavations at both ruins of Quanshuigou and Dumudu’e

• The Exhibition of “The Silk Road Yutian——Blending of Culture and Art” Opens on September 18th

“Followed by the strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative for exuding the charms of culture of Xinjiang, The Silk Road Yutian——Blending of Culture and Art

• 2016 The Silk Road "Kunlun River Source Route" Comprehensive Science Expedition Seminar held in Urumqi

2016 The Silk Road "Kunlun River Source Route" comprehensive science expedition was launched by the Silk Road (Xinjiang) International Culture Development Center, lasting from September 1st to 8th.

• Xi'an World Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Management Training Course held by Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics

In order to improve the monitoring and management of the world heritage sites of our city and popularize the knowledge of world cultural heritage reporting and monitoring, Xi'an World Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Management Training Course

• Half for West Lake and Half for Silk

There is an old saying that “travel for a thousand miles to visit Hangzhou half for the West Lake and half for the silk”. In the early golden autumn of September, the well-known G20 summit 2016 received important guests from all over the world in Hangzhou

• Remains of Ancient Roman Oven Unearthed in Scotland

An ancient Roman oven has sat undisturbed for the past 2,000 years in Scotland, and curiously, it looks as though it's never been used, according to a new report.Roman ovens — which are composed of two interconnecting pits in the ground that together rese

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