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Technologies bring faces of Neolithic men back to life
3 months ago

Technologies bring faces of Neolithic men back to life

China Daily  

ZHENGZHOU -- Chinese archaeologists have unveiled facial reconstructions of two men who lived near the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization, during the Neolithic Age. One man, believed to have lived around 5,600 years ago during the Yangshao culture, was approximately 40 years old, while the other, from the Longshan culture period roughly 4,000 years ago, was around 50 …

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Technologies bring faces of Neolithic men back to life
3 months ago

Technologies bring faces of Neolithic men back to life

China Daily  

ZHENGZHOU -- Chinese archaeologists have unveiled facial reconstructions of two men who lived near the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization, during the Neolithic Age. One man, believed to have lived around 5,600 years ago during the Yangshao culture, was approximately 40 years old, while the other, from the Longshan culture period roughly 4,000 years ago, was around 50 …

Chinese Neolithic Men
A cultural crossroads across time
10 months ago

A cultural crossroads across time

China Daily  

The exhibition hall at the Museum of National Palace of Ethnic Cultures. CHINA DAILY Taking shape Painted clay vessels from the Chinese National Museum of Ethnology, which were typical prehistoric artifacts produced in the northwestern region under the influence of the Yangshao Culture that dates back to between 7,000 and 5,000 years ago in China's Central Plains, are one of …

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Grain plants the seed of possible early East-West exchanges
1 year ago

Grain plants the seed of possible early East-West exchanges

China Daily  

Wen Chenghao and archaeologists from home and abroad conduct an excavation at Dobrovat in Romania in July. During this year's field work, the China-Romania joint archaeological team focused on the excavation and cleaning of the collapsed red-burned clay deposits of houses No 3,5 and 6 on the settlement ruins. This revealed well-preserved architectural remains and numerous artifacts, including painted pottery …

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Grain plants the seed of possible early East-West exchanges
1 year ago

Grain plants the seed of possible early East-West exchanges

China Daily  

Wen Chenghao and archaeologists from home and abroad conduct an excavation at Dobrovat in Romania in July. During this year's field work, the China-Romania joint archaeological team focused on the excavation and cleaning of the collapsed red-burned clay deposits of houses No 3,5 and 6 on the settlement ruins. This revealed well-preserved architectural remains and numerous artifacts, including painted pottery …

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Centuries-old artifacts found in China's relic-rich province
1 year, 9 months ago

Centuries-old artifacts found in China's relic-rich province

China Daily  

This undated photo provided by the Shanxi provincial institute of archaeology shows bone tools unearthed from the Yuancun relics site dating back to the late period of the Yangshao Culture some 5,000 to 7,000 years ago at Yuancun village of Xiaxian county in Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province. TAIYUAN -- Archaeologists have excavated significant remains dating back to the …

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Archaeologists find ancient house ruins in Henan
2 years ago

Archaeologists find ancient house ruins in Henan

China Daily  

Archaeologists have excavated the ruins of house foundations dating back more than 5,000 years in the Yangshao village site in Central China's Henan-province. It is speculated that it belongs to the late Yangshao Culture period, says Li Shiwei from Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, who is in charge of the excavation site. "This is the first time …

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Historic shards unearthed in Xi'an
2 years, 5 months ago

Historic shards unearthed in Xi'an

China Daily  

Archaeologists in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, have unearthed three pieces of semicircular tiles dating back to the late Yangshao Culture period, according to the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology. These semicircular tile shards were found in the ruins of a semi-crypt house at the Matengkong site, which is located in the Matengkong village in Yanta district, with an …

Historic shards unearthed in Xi'an
2 years, 5 months ago

Historic shards unearthed in Xi'an

China Daily  

Archaeologists in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, have unearthed three pieces of semicircular tiles dating back to the late Yangshao Culture period, according to the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology. These semicircular tile shards were found in the ruins of a semi-crypt house at the Matengkong site, which is located in the Matengkong village in Yanta district, with an …

Henan province
3 years, 4 months ago

Henan province

China Daily  

Henan Museum Located in Henan province, the museum is home to a collection of 170,000 relics and is particularly well known for its prehistoric artifacts, bronzes from the Shang and the Western Zhou dynasties, as well as ceramics and jade ware. Click the link to learn more the Henan Museum Exterior view of the Henan Museum Miaodigou Site Located in …

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Leaving no stone unturned
3 years, 9 months ago

Leaving no stone unturned

China Daily  

A pottery item of the Yangshao culture, dating back from 7,000 to 5,000 years, is on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. In 1921, experts were amazed after colorful pottery pieces were excavated in the small village of Yangshao in Henan province's Sanmenxia, which is known as one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. According to the …

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Leaving no stone unturned
3 years, 9 months ago

Leaving no stone unturned

China Daily  

A pottery item of the Yangshao culture, dating back from 7,000 to 5,000 years, is on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. In 1921, experts were amazed after colorful pottery pieces were excavated in the small village of Yangshao in Henan province's Sanmenxia, which is known as one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. According to the …

Yangshao
Leaving no stone unturned
3 years, 9 months ago

Leaving no stone unturned

China Daily  

A pottery item of the Yangshao culture, dating back from 7,000 to 5,000 years, is on display at the National Museum of China in Beijing. In 1921, experts were amazed after colorful pottery pieces were excavated in the small village of Yangshao in Henan province's Sanmenxia, which is known as one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. According to the …

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