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Digs, site museums, and discoveries that rewrite early China—from Bronze Age centers to river-valley parks.
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Liulihe bronzes push Beijing’s story past 3,000 years
Western Zhou bronzes from Liulihe—Beijing’s founding narrative pushed back more than three millennia.
Ningxia Guyuan
Guyuan relics: Zhou oracle bones to Sui–Tang murals
Ningxia Guyuan finds at Shanghai Museum—Western Zhou oracle bones and Sui–Tang tomb murals.
Dahe Village Site
“Three rooms and one hall” 5,000 years ago at Dahe
Zhengzhou’s Dahe Village—a Neolithic floor plan that already looks like three rooms and a hall.
Archaeology
The Chinese dragon has a new image! 7 scientific and technological archaeological and cultural heritage protection achievements were released
Today (May 27), the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released seven "major achievements in scientific and technological archaeology and cultural heritage...
Luoyang White Horse Temple
Why Di Renjie isn’t buried at White Horse Temple
The Luoyang White Horse Temple tomb mix-up—how Northern Song lore made Di Renjie its owner.
Pharaoh's Tomb
Egypt discovers pharaoh's tomb again after 100 years
Egypt announces another pharaoh’s tomb west of Luxor—first major royal find of its kind in a century.
Shaanxi
Shaanxi’s six major archaeological discoveries of 2024
From Paleolithic camps to a Northern Song cemetery—Shaanxi names its six top 2024 finds.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology
Sun Jinsong on Inner Mongolia relics and archaeology
Dialogue with Sun Jinsong—Inner Mongolian cultural relics, digs, and what the steppe still reveals.
Bronze Sacrifice Zun
China Archaeological Museum opens with turquoise dragon
China Archaeological Museum opens on Beijing’s axis with a turquoise dragon among six thousand exhibits.
State Bridge Site
Zhouqiao site: archaeology’s Qingming riverside city
Zhouqiao on the Bian River—an archaeological twin to the Song cityscape of Qingming riverside fame.
Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan’s epitaph, written at age 71
A Tang calligraphy master at 71—Liu Gongquan’s epitaph rediscovered through archaeology.
Putty
Sealing clay: from epigraphy to archaeology
How sealing clay left the antiquarian’s desk and entered the archaeological age of discovery.