2+ week, 5+ day ago   (684+ words) Indian Ocean imports shaped many lives across the ancient world. In Sea of Treasures: A Cultural History of Ancient Indian Ocean Trade, Jeremy A. Simmons, an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago, goes beyond the mechanics of long-distance…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (307+ words) This article by Arturo Sánchez and Alonso Urrutia originally appeared in the August 21, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left-wing daily newspaper. Vázquez Herrera detailed that the three Mexican archaeological exhibitions held in China since 2024 have together drawn nearly 2.9 million…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (401+ words) By Pesach Benson, TPS A 1,300-year-old industrial and commercial complex featuring planned streets, pottery kilns, shops, and warehouses has been uncovered in Ramat Gan, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday. The excavations were carried out in recent months ahead of…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (104+ words) chinadaily.com.cn Ancient Henan artifacts go on show in Xinjiang A collection of artifacts unearthed from Central China's Henan province, dating from the 21st century BC to the 12th century AD, is on display at Xinjiang Museum in Urumqi through Nov…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (514+ words) At the Luoyang Museum in Henan province, senior guide Zhang Linnan encounters a curious crowd every day. Standing before centuries of history, visitors often pause to ask her: "What is this object called? How was it used? And how do…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (151+ words) news.cgtn.com Yuxian, a living legacy of ancient architecture and paper-cutting Yuxian County in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province is home to numerous national-level cultural heritage sites. The Yuhuang Pavilion, constructed in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), once served as a…...

1+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (730+ words) HANGZHOU — Clad in a red volunteer vest bearing a badge in the shape of a jade-inlaid lacquer cup, one of her favorite Liangzhu artifacts, American Emma Chen greeted visitors to the Liangzhu Museum in East China, and then shared stories…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (405+ words) Acta Infernalis Death comes closer to Abyssal Rift. Having just signed with Transcending Obscurity Records, the Ohio-based trio led by Matt Auxier (guitar/vocals/keyboards), Mike Sliclen (bass/vocals), and Brandon Smith (drums/vocals) unveils its second album, Relics of…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (133+ words) China Daily Hongshan culture already had symmetrical layouts over 5,000 years ago At the 2026 Conference on Hongshan Culture, Jia Xiaobing, director and research fellow at the Department of World Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, shared the civilizational…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (422+ words) An international research team has discovered that China's domesticated silkworms reached Central Asia nearly 4,000 years ago — almost two millennia before the Silk Road — challenging the conventional narrative of how silk spread across the ancient world and reshaping our understanding of…...