Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A lacquerware vase excavated from the tombs. CHINA DAILY Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity of unearthed artifacts from the tombs is massive, with a broad interdisciplinary scope. There are still many unsolved mysteries despite 50 years of excavation, requiring extensive research by scholars through multidisciplinary collaboration and the use of technology, she added. Liu Zhao, director of the Center for Research on Chinese Excavated Classics and Paleography at Fudan University in Shanghai, said the excavated bamboo and silk manuscripts contain 130,000 characters, and much work remains to explain their artistic value. "Although 50 years is a long time in a researcher's career, it's a very short time from the perspective of overall academic development," Liu said.

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Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site

Daily Mail  

A 5,000-year-old discovery made at an ancient burial site in Northern China could finally reveal how Chinese civilizations formed. Archaeologists found three dragons among 100 jade relics at an ancient burial site in China The relics were found beneath a circular tomb at the Yuanbaoshan burial site The team determined that the Hongshan civilization may have exchanged artistic ideas with …

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A replica of a scroll unearthed at Mawangdui. Li Qun, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the tombs demonstrate the achievements of the Han Dynasty in economics, philosophy, culture, art, medicine, and science and technology. It is important to continue research, focusing primarily on areas such as bamboo and silk manuscripts, philosophy, art and traditional Chinese medicine, to …

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A piece of lacquerware unearthed from the Mawangdui tombs in Changsha, Hunan province. There are also 1,430 bamboo and silk manuscripts items, including silk books and paintings, wooden tablets and bamboo slips, the museum said. Hunan Museum also signed cooperation agreements with six institutions and universities to better use technology in promoting the culture of Mawangdui. Mao Weiming, governor of …

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

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Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A replica of a scroll unearthed at Mawangdui. Li Qun, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the tombs demonstrate the achievements of the Han Dynasty in economics, philosophy, culture, art, medicine, and science and technology. It is important to continue research, focusing primarily on areas such as bamboo and silk manuscripts, philosophy, art and traditional Chinese medicine, to …

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts
4 months, 1 week ago

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts

China Daily  

The Mawangdui Han Tombs in Hunan province have produced 26,937 artifacts after decades of excavation efforts, according to China Central Television, citing the Hunan Museum. The unearthed artifacts include Lady Xin Zhui's corpse, lacquerware, textiles, and bamboo and silk manuscripts. Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at the Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity …

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts
4 months, 1 week ago

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts

China Daily  

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Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb of Chinese emperor unearthed
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb of Chinese emperor unearthed

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have unearthed a luxurious 2,200-year-old tomb in eastern China that …

Restoring the past
8 months, 1 week ago

Restoring the past

China Daily  

Zhao Xiaolong works on the restoration of an artifact. At the Hubei Provincial Museum, there is a notable couple: Zhao Xiaolong, the husband and a specialist in restoring ancient Chinese calligraphy and paintings, and Zhang Xiaolong, the wife and an expert in cultural relic analysis. Growing up near the museum, Zhao had a deep love for history and antiques, often …

Restoring the past
8 months, 1 week ago

Restoring the past

China Daily  

Zhao Xiaolong works on the restoration of an artifact. At the Hubei Provincial Museum, there is a notable couple: Zhao Xiaolong, the husband and a specialist in restoring ancient Chinese calligraphy and paintings, and Zhang Xiaolong, the wife and an expert in cultural relic analysis. Growing up near the museum, Zhao had a deep love for history and antiques, often …

Archaeologists shed more light on China's past
9 months ago

Archaeologists shed more light on China's past

China Daily  

The top 10 new archaeological discoveries in China in 2023 were announced in Beijing on Friday. "The Bashan site group fills in the blank and thus plays a key role in the whole of East Asia's Paleolithic archaeological studies," said Wang Youping, an archaeology professor at Peking University. The project enriches understanding of how prehistoric people utilized marine resources and …

Archaeologists shed more light on China's past
9 months ago

Archaeologists shed more light on China's past

China Daily  

The top 10 new archaeological discoveries in China in 2023 were announced in Beijing on Friday. "The Bashan site group fills in the blank and thus plays a key role in the whole of East Asia's Paleolithic archaeological studies," said Wang Youping, an archaeology professor at Peking University. The project enriches understanding of how prehistoric people utilized marine resources and …

Women make their mark in archaeological field
9 months, 1 week ago

Women make their mark in archaeological field

China Daily  

China Daily | Updated: 2024-03-16 10:05 Members of the archaeological team. Hunching over with shovel in hand, 30-year-old Zhu Yingpei is at work in a newly excavated tomb in Xianyang in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Pointing to bones and relics in a coffin, Zhu says the tomb belonged to an ordinary person during the Western Han Dynasty. Digging in soil, …

Ghost stories
1 year, 2 months ago

Ghost stories

China Daily  

A visitor admires an item at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing, part of an exhibition of relics unearthed from the Reshui graveyard in Dulan county, Northwest China's Qinghai province. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Relic collection from renowned tomb cluster on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau tells tales of cross-border communication and exchange of ideas, Yang Feiyue reports. In late September, a rich collection …

Ghost stories
1 year, 2 months ago

Ghost stories

China Daily  

A visitor admires an item at the Chinese Archaeological Museum in Beijing, part of an exhibition of relics unearthed from the Reshui graveyard in Dulan county, Northwest China's Qinghai province. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Relic collection from renowned tomb cluster on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau tells tales of cross-border communication and exchange of ideas, Yang Feiyue reports. In late September, a rich collection …

Artifacts reveal an ancient city's past
1 year, 11 months ago

Artifacts reveal an ancient city's past

China Daily  

The excavation site of Bairen town in Hebei. Archaeologists recently discovered over 240 relics including rammed earth, ash pits, house ruins, wells and tombs, in the ruins of an ancient city in North China's Hebei province. The four-month excavation, which started in August, was carried out by staff from Renmin University of China, Hebei's provincial institute of cultural relics and …

Digging hard for clues to the past
2 years, 1 month ago

Digging hard for clues to the past

China Daily  

Mei Yalong records data for later mapping and sketching. Over the past two decades, Mei Yalong has participated in excavations at many archaeological sites and fixed more than 5,000 broken artifacts. Doing most of the hard work during digs and the extraction of relics, a field technician assists archaeologists in various activities to find and identify artifacts and historical remnants. …

Digging hard for clues to the past
2 years, 1 month ago

Digging hard for clues to the past

China Daily  

Mei Yalong records data for later mapping and sketching. Over the past two decades, Mei Yalong has participated in excavations at many archaeological sites and fixed more than 5,000 broken artifacts. Doing most of the hard work during digs and the extraction of relics, a field technician assists archaeologists in various activities to find and identify artifacts and historical remnants. …

An ancient metal urge
2 years, 4 months ago

An ancient metal urge

China Daily  

Chen introduces cultural relics to visitors. In recent years, some of Chen's most important work has been the protective excavation of a number of tombs belonging to the royal family of Tuyuhun khanate, a contemporary of the Tang Dynasty, especially that of Murong Zhi, a son of the last Tuyuhun monarch, who is also a grandson of Tang emperor Li …

An ancient metal urge
2 years, 4 months ago

An ancient metal urge

China Daily  

Chen introduces cultural relics to visitors. In recent years, some of Chen's most important work has been the protective excavation of a number of tombs belonging to the royal family of Tuyuhun khanate, a contemporary of the Tang Dynasty, especially that of Murong Zhi, a son of the last Tuyuhun monarch, who is also a grandson of Tang emperor Li …

A historic publication
2 years, 11 months ago

A historic publication

China Daily  

An archaeologist examines a gold ingot excavated from Han Dynasty tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. GUO JING/FOR CHINA DAILY To mark the centennial of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology, a multi-volume work has been published, honoring generations of researchers who have devoted themselves to unearthing and decoding the country's history. One Hundred Years' History …

A historic publication
2 years, 11 months ago

A historic publication

China Daily  

An archaeologist examines a gold ingot excavated from Han Dynasty tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. GUO JING/FOR CHINA DAILY To mark the centennial of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology, a multi-volume work has been published, honoring generations of researchers who have devoted themselves to unearthing and decoding the country's history. One Hundred Years' History …

A historic publication
2 years, 11 months ago

A historic publication

China Daily  

An archaeologist examines a gold ingot excavated from Han Dynasty tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. GUO JING/FOR CHINA DAILY To mark the centennial of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology, a multi-volume work has been published, honoring generations of researchers who have devoted themselves to unearthing and decoding the country's history. One Hundred Years' History …

Digging up publicity
3 years, 8 months ago

Digging up publicity

China Daily  

The books are among hundreds of titles published by China Social Sciences Press in more than 40 years. Wang also hopes the press and its international publishing partners will make Chinese archaeological titles more visible and influential globally. Liu Guoxiang, with the Institute of Archaeology, says contemporary archaeological research is closely related to the source of Chinese civilization and how …

Cutting-edge technology deployed to decode relics' riddles
3 years, 8 months ago

Cutting-edge technology deployed to decode relics' riddles

China Daily  

Archaeologists work in an "excavation capsule", which is equipped with advanced technology, at Sanxingdui Ruins in Guanghan, Sichuan province. "It's like an emergency hospital for the relics," says Wang Chong, a cultural relic conservator working on the site. "The soil is also considered as a cultural relic now," says Ran Honglin, a leading archaeologist at the ongoing excavation. Finding the …

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