Key to mesopotamia
2 years, 5 months ago

Key to mesopotamia

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A relief portraying Sphinx from the 9th century BC, found in Syria, is among the highlights in Encounter Mesopotamia: An Exhibition of Antiquities From Ancient Syria, in Beijing. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY Artifacts from ancient Syria on display in Beijing offer visitors a tantalizing glimpse of the remarkable civilization, Wang Kaihao reports. A 6,000-year-old clay wine vessel shaped like a hedgehog; a baker's mold that goes back four millennia; tablets inscribed using the logo-syllabic cuneiform script; or figurines that make a sartorial style statement. An exhibition of 200 exquisite cultural relics from Syria, which officially opened to the public in Beijing in late June, spans eras and offers visitors a fascinating insight into the Mesopotamian civilization. Titled Encounter Mesopotamia: An Exhibition of Antiquities From Ancient Syria, the presentation is being co-organized by the national library and the Art Exhibitions China, which is a national-level institution in charge of cross-border display of cultural relics.

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When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

When ancient Egypt comes to China
7 months ago

When ancient Egypt comes to China

China Daily  

An animal statue and another artifact of ancient Egyptian civilization to be showcased at the Shanghai exhibition. CHINA DAILY The Shanghai Museum announced on Monday ticket pre-sales for its exhibition, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, which it claims is the largest showcase of ancient Egypt civilization in Asia. Running from July 18 this year to …

China, Egypt sign cultural relics cooperation
9 months, 3 weeks ago

China, Egypt sign cultural relics cooperation

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The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Shanghai Museum in China signed a cooperation protocol in Cairo, Egypt on Feb 25, agreeing to hold an exhibition of ancient Egyptian cultural relics in Shanghai. The exhibits will be selected from a number of Egyptian museums, including the Manial Palace, Ismailia, Suez and Luxor, as well as new archaeological findings from …

Museum puts the excitement into excavations
1 year, 2 months ago

Museum puts the excitement into excavations

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Visitors take photos of cultural relics at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing, which opened to the public in September. It starts with Lufengpithecus lufengensis, ancient apes dating back about 8 million years, through ancient dynasties and up to the new era, and marks significant moments in time and major historical events in China's history. It serves as a kind …

Museum puts the excitement into excavations
1 year, 2 months ago

Museum puts the excitement into excavations

China Daily  

Visitors take photos of cultural relics at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing, which opened to the public in September. It starts with Lufengpithecus lufengensis, ancient apes dating back about 8 million years, through ancient dynasties and up to the new era, and marks significant moments in time and major historical events in China's history. It serves as a kind …

Key to mesopotamia
2 years, 5 months ago

Key to mesopotamia

China Daily  

Statues of worshippers from the Bronze Age. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY These include a stele stone from the 8th century found in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The display even includes a chapter of the Old Testament, written in an ancient Syriac language, found in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. In Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian, the monumental Chinese …

Key to mesopotamia
2 years, 5 months ago

Key to mesopotamia

China Daily  

A relief portraying Sphinx from the 9th century BC, found in Syria, is among the highlights in Encounter Mesopotamia: An Exhibition of Antiquities From Ancient Syria, in Beijing. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY Artifacts from ancient Syria on display in Beijing offer visitors a tantalizing glimpse of the remarkable civilization, Wang Kaihao reports. A 6,000-year-old clay wine vessel shaped like a hedgehog; …

Key to mesopotamia
2 years, 5 months ago

Key to mesopotamia

China Daily  

A relief portraying Sphinx from the 9th century BC, found in Syria, is among the highlights in Encounter Mesopotamia: An Exhibition of Antiquities From Ancient Syria, in Beijing. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY Artifacts from ancient Syria on display in Beijing offer visitors a tantalizing glimpse of the remarkable civilization, Wang Kaihao reports. A 6,000-year-old clay wine vessel shaped like a hedgehog; …

Key to mesopotamia
2 years, 5 months ago

Key to mesopotamia

China Daily  

Statues of worshippers from the Bronze Age. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY These include a stele stone from the 8th century found in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The display even includes a chapter of the Old Testament, written in an ancient Syriac language, found in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province. In Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian, the monumental Chinese …

Key to mesopotamia
2 years, 5 months ago

Key to mesopotamia

China Daily  

A relief portraying Sphinx from the 9th century BC, found in Syria, is among the highlights in Encounter Mesopotamia: An Exhibition of Antiquities From Ancient Syria, in Beijing. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY Artifacts from ancient Syria on display in Beijing offer visitors a tantalizing glimpse of the remarkable civilization, Wang Kaihao reports. A 6,000-year-old clay wine vessel shaped like a hedgehog; …

Bringing ancient 'money pots' back to life in Yunnan museum
2 years, 7 months ago

Bringing ancient 'money pots' back to life in Yunnan museum

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A bronze shell receptacle in the form of a bronze drum from the Western Han Dynasty before and after restoration. People in the Kingdom did not develop systematically-formed words to record history, so the shell containers became the "truest and most intuitive material" for studying the civilization of the ancient Dian Kingdom, said Fan Haitao, deputy curator of the Yunnan …

Exhibition offers panoramic view of Chinese civilization
2 years, 10 months ago

Exhibition offers panoramic view of Chinese civilization

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The Changxin Palace Lamp, a bronze artifact dating back to the Western Han Dynasty, is displayed at the exhibition titled Origins, Developments and Achievements of Chinese Civilization, which opened on Tuesday at the Palace Museum in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY An exhibition that opened on Tuesday in Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, unrolls the panorama of …

Exhibition offers panoramic view of Chinese civilization
2 years, 10 months ago

Exhibition offers panoramic view of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

The Changxin Palace Lamp, a bronze artifact dating back to the Western Han Dynasty, is displayed at the exhibition titled Origins, Developments and Achievements of Chinese Civilization, which opened on Tuesday at the Palace Museum in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY An exhibition that opened on Tuesday in Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, unrolls the panorama of …

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