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Ancient Crocodile Bones Discovered in Xi'an
Feb 6, 2017Ancient bones unearthed in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, have led archaeologists to suggest that the area may have been home to wild crocodiles thousands of years ago. Experts have been excavating the Haojing site since the 1930s, ...
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Sunken Heroes
Jan 3, 2017Archaeologists unveil the tragic story of a historic sea battle more than a century ago as they excavate an ironclad warship, Wang Kaihao reports. An iconic Chinese warship and the 245 officers-soldiers and crewmen who have been keeping a ...
Tags: Archaeologists, Sunken Heroes
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Culture Insider: Ancient Chinese Table Games
Dec 16, 2015A tomb found by archaeologists which has a history of 2300 years in Shandong.[File Photo] What did ancient Chinese do for fun? Obviously they couldn't surf the Internet or watch TV; in fact, ancient Chinese had many kinds of board and ...
Tags: Ancient Chinese, Table Games
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Museum of Marquis Haihun's Tombs to Be Built in Jiangxi
Dec 15, 2015A bronze sword. [Photo/People's Daily Online] The Jiangxi provincial government has decided to build a large Museum of Royal Tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-24AD) , with the aim of creating a world ...
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131 Hanging Coffins Found in Hubei
Dec 15, 2015A shot of the hanging coffin tomb in Moping township of Zigui county of Hubei. [Photo/people.cn] A total of 131 hanging coffins were recently discovered in Moping township of Zigui county, central China's Hubei province. The coffins were ...
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Latest Find Confirms Ownership of Tomb
Dec 11, 2015An archaeologist cleans the hoof-shaped ingots from the tomb of "Haihunhou" (Marquis of Haihun) that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty, in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] Several ...
Tags: ancient tomb, Western Han Dynasty
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187 Large Gold Coins Found in 2,000-Year-Old Tomb in Jiangxi
Nov 25, 2015An archaeologist measures the gold items from the tomb of "Haihunhou" (Marquis of Haihun) that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 17, 2015. Chinese ...
Tags: Large Gold Coins, 2, 000-Year-Old Tomb, Jiangxi
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Traces of Human Activities Dating Back a Million Years Found in Shaanxi
Nov 25, 2015Archaeologists clear a tomb at the excavation site of the Neolithic site at the ruins of the Longgang Temple paleoanthropological site in Hanzhong city of Shaanxi province. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese archeologists found traces of human ...
Tags: Neolithic Age, ruins, Shaanxi
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Excavation of Famed Chinese Warship Underway
Oct 29, 2015Chinese archaeologists are set to start a new round of underwater excavation after a famed late Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) warship was discovered in the depths of the Yellow Sea. The shipwreck that was code-named "Dandong No 1" has been ...
Tags: underwater excavation, Warship, Yellow Sea
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US Facility Dedicated to Ancient Chinese Relics
Oct 28, 2015Much of East Asian culture can be traced to early Chinese civilization. Now the Tang Center, established at Columbia University in New York City, is unfolding ten millennia of China's cultural history and highlighting its importance today. ...
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Chengdu Reveals Tang Dynasty's Classical Garden
Jul 15, 2015Ruins of a classical Chinese garden landscape of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) have been discovered at a construction site in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, according to Sichuan Daily on Sunday. Although the ...
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Arklu Is Showcasing Its New Range of Lottie Dolls
Jan 30, 2015New line the result of collaborations with the European Space Agency, TrowelBlazers and the Girls Leadership Institute. Arklu is showcasing its new range of Lottie dolls at Spielwarenmesse 2015, including the ‘Gold Collection’ ...
Tags: women archaeologists, palaeontologists, geologists, Toys
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Archaeologists Discovered Five Precious Sariras at an Ancient Tomb in Xiangyang
Jan 15, 2015Archaeologists recently discovered five precious sariras at an ancient tomb in Xiangyang city in Central China's Hubei province. Sariras normally refer to Buddhist relics and are crystal-like, bead-shaped objects that are believed to be ...
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Researchers Discovered a 'microbial Pompeii' Preserved on The Teeth of Skeletons
Feb 23, 2014An international team of researchers have discovered a 'microbial Pompeii' preserved on the teeth of skeletons around 1,000 years old. The key to the discovery is the dental calculus (plaque) which preserves bacteria and microscopic ...
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US Archaeologists Have Uncovered The Tomb in Southern Egypt
Jan 16, 2014US archaeologists have uncovered the tomb in southern Egypt of a previously unknown pharaoh who ruled 3,700 years ago, antiquities officials said on Wednesday. The discovery by a team from the University of Pennsylvania provides new ...