Time

Archaeology: Treasure from a Chinese Tomb

To the two Chinese tomb robbers who found it beneath a pile of rotting planks in 1934, the ragged piece of silk bearing strange, barely discernible characters and drawings looked like nothing more ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Treasure Trove of Shipwrecks Along China’s Coast Reveals How East Met West on the Maritime Silk Road

Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought ...
insider.si.edu

The archaeology of China : from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age / Li Liu, Stanford University, Xingcan Chen, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Chinese archaeology : past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and ...
insider.si.edu

Chinese diaspora archaeology in North America edited by Chelsea Rose and J. Ryan Kennedy

Charting a New Course for Chinese Diaspora Archaeology in North America / J. Ryan Kennedy and Chelsea Rose -- Reframing Overseas Chinese Archaeology as Archaeology of the Chinese Diaspora / Douglas E.
Global Times

How Western media’s neglect of Chinese archaeology exposes deeper biases

In recent years, China has made remarkable archaeological discoveries, from the mysterious bronze artifacts of the Sanxingdui Ruins to the magnificent Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. These ...
Artnet

A First-of-Its-Kind Show Decodes the Mythical Motifs of the Chinese Bronze Age

Have you ever wondered why Chinese visual culture is full of images of dragons, phoenixes and other mythical creatures? Archaeologists certainly have. For centuries, they searched in vain for their ...
Newsweek

Ancient Tomb May Belong to Early Chinese King

A tomb dating back 5,000 years, which archaeologists believe may belong an early Chinese king, has been discovered in central China. The grave of what archaeologists believe may be the king of a ...
The Atlantic

Buddhist Monuments

THE advance of archaeological study is one of the most remarkable cultural achievements of the Chinese since the advent of the Communist regime in 1949. It has not been merely a matter of impressive ...
Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists Went Digging Under a Chinese Zoo—and Uncovered 148 Tombs Spanning Thousands of Years

Nearly 150 ancient tombs were discovered within the grounds of the Guangzhou Zoo in South China’s Guangdong Province. Experts believe the burial grounds span at least 2,100 years, evidencing a ...
Artnet

In This Ancient Chinese City, You Can’t Build a Subway Without Digging Up a Dynasty

There’s a running joke on Chinese social media that Xi’an’s subway system has the worst feng shui—not because it’s cursed, but because the tracks have to twist and turn to avoid all the tombs buried ...
Jewish Press

Earliest Chinese Inscription in Israel Discovered in Jerusalem

Michael Chernin from the Israel Antiquities Authority with the Chinese inscription he found. On the historic slopes of Mount Zion, where layers of history intertwine, a surprising artifact has emerged ...