1 Archaeologists have recently uncovered a significant tomb in Anhui Province,China,which dates back over 2,200 years.This discovery sheds light on the ancient Chu civilization,revealing fascinating details about life...1 Archaeologists have recently uncovered a significant tomb in Anhui Province,China,which dates back over 2,200 years.This discovery sheds light on the ancient Chu civilization,revealing fascinating details about life during the Warring States period(475 BC-221 BC).展开更多
Archaeologists(考古学家)have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala,with pyramids(金字塔)and monuments that showcase its significance as an important ceremonial site.The May...Archaeologists(考古学家)have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala,with pyramids(金字塔)and monuments that showcase its significance as an important ceremonial site.The Mayan civilization arose around 2000 BC,reaching its height between 400 AD and 900 AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala,as well as parts of Belize,El Salvador and Honduras.展开更多
Why China's Western Xia tombs were destroyed--and how historians and archaeologists are bringing them back to life。In the 1930s,German pilot Wulf-Diether Graf zu Castell-Rudenhausen captured a remarkable photogra...Why China's Western Xia tombs were destroyed--and how historians and archaeologists are bringing them back to life。In the 1930s,German pilot Wulf-Diether Graf zu Castell-Rudenhausen captured a remarkable photograph over the Helan Mountains in Ningxia,China:clusters of white conical earthen mounds rising from the desolate plain.Initially mistaking them for termite mounds,Castell-Rudenhausen published the image in his book Chinaflug,little expecting that what he had casually recorded was actually the royal necropolis of one of the most mysterious dynasties in Chinese history:the Xixia,or Western Xia.展开更多
The present paper is a brief introduction about the academic accomplishments of the archaeologist An Jinhuai. In the more than 50 years of his archaeological career, Prof. An directed excavations on dozens of large-si...The present paper is a brief introduction about the academic accomplishments of the archaeologist An Jinhuai. In the more than 50 years of his archaeological career, Prof. An directed excavations on dozens of large-sized ancient sites and diggings of ancient tombs, such as the Shang city at Zhengzhou, capital of the Zheng and Han states, Dengfeng Wangchenggang site and Han tombs atYangeheng and Mixian Dahuting. The discovery of the Shang city-site at Zhengzhou, the advancement ofthe theory of this city as the capital Ao and that of proto-porcelain as originating from the Shang period,the excavation of the Dengfeng Wangchenggang site and research into the Xia culture represent his majoracademic achievements. He compiled-in-chief and co-compiled-in-chief more then ten monographic worksand published above 130 articles, which number more than 5,000,000 characters in total.展开更多
Prof. Yu Weichao, a famous archaeologist and the former Director of the Museum of Chinese History, passed away on December 5, 2003, at the age of 70, from an incurable disease. As a master of great learning and integr...Prof. Yu Weichao, a famous archaeologist and the former Director of the Museum of Chinese History, passed away on December 5, 2003, at the age of 70, from an incurable disease. As a master of great learning and integrity of our time, Prof. Yu not only cultivated for our country a great amount of talent specialized personnel in archaeology, but also carried out researches as the main pioneer of Qin-Han archaeology. In the archaeology of the Neolithic Age and studies of the Chu culture, he also obtained authoritative research accomplishments. Prof. Yu fought all his life for the cause of Chinese archaeology and museology. His unfortunate passing away is a great loss for the cause of archaeology.展开更多
文摘1 Archaeologists have recently uncovered a significant tomb in Anhui Province,China,which dates back over 2,200 years.This discovery sheds light on the ancient Chu civilization,revealing fascinating details about life during the Warring States period(475 BC-221 BC).
文摘Archaeologists(考古学家)have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala,with pyramids(金字塔)and monuments that showcase its significance as an important ceremonial site.The Mayan civilization arose around 2000 BC,reaching its height between 400 AD and 900 AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala,as well as parts of Belize,El Salvador and Honduras.
文摘Why China's Western Xia tombs were destroyed--and how historians and archaeologists are bringing them back to life。In the 1930s,German pilot Wulf-Diether Graf zu Castell-Rudenhausen captured a remarkable photograph over the Helan Mountains in Ningxia,China:clusters of white conical earthen mounds rising from the desolate plain.Initially mistaking them for termite mounds,Castell-Rudenhausen published the image in his book Chinaflug,little expecting that what he had casually recorded was actually the royal necropolis of one of the most mysterious dynasties in Chinese history:the Xixia,or Western Xia.
文摘The present paper is a brief introduction about the academic accomplishments of the archaeologist An Jinhuai. In the more than 50 years of his archaeological career, Prof. An directed excavations on dozens of large-sized ancient sites and diggings of ancient tombs, such as the Shang city at Zhengzhou, capital of the Zheng and Han states, Dengfeng Wangchenggang site and Han tombs atYangeheng and Mixian Dahuting. The discovery of the Shang city-site at Zhengzhou, the advancement ofthe theory of this city as the capital Ao and that of proto-porcelain as originating from the Shang period,the excavation of the Dengfeng Wangchenggang site and research into the Xia culture represent his majoracademic achievements. He compiled-in-chief and co-compiled-in-chief more then ten monographic worksand published above 130 articles, which number more than 5,000,000 characters in total.
文摘Prof. Yu Weichao, a famous archaeologist and the former Director of the Museum of Chinese History, passed away on December 5, 2003, at the age of 70, from an incurable disease. As a master of great learning and integrity of our time, Prof. Yu not only cultivated for our country a great amount of talent specialized personnel in archaeology, but also carried out researches as the main pioneer of Qin-Han archaeology. In the archaeology of the Neolithic Age and studies of the Chu culture, he also obtained authoritative research accomplishments. Prof. Yu fought all his life for the cause of Chinese archaeology and museology. His unfortunate passing away is a great loss for the cause of archaeology.
