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Ancient grottoes in southwest China survive, thrive via innovative measures

October 8, 2025 2025-10-08

An exhibition featuring over 240 Silk Road artifacts opened Tuesday at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.
March 12, 2025 2025-03-12
During the "two sessions," a Chinese lawmaker proposed integrating key ancient kiln sites in China and applying for UNESCO World Heritage recognition.
March 11, 2025 2025-03-11
Archaeologists have found a centuries-old body of Buddha statue during the second excavation at Ta Prohm Temple in northwest Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Monday.
March 10, 2025 2025-03-10
Hang Kan, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress and head of the Yungang Research Institute, is urging a tiered evaluation system to protect China's cultural heritage sites amid a tourism surge.
March 10, 2025 2025-03-10
Three new jade dragons unearthed in 2024 from the Hongshan culture, a Neolithic civilization that emerged around 6,500 years ago in north China, have offered new evidence of the brilliance of ancient Chinese civilization.
March 10, 2025 2025-03-10
Archaeologists have been restoring the ruined Chorm Temple within Angkor Thom in the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia, said an APSARA National Authority (ANA)'s news release on Thursday.
March 7, 2025 2025-03-07
March 7, 2025 2025-03-07
A millennium-old porcelain craft in north China's Shanxi Province has been pulled back from the brink of extinction and is now poised for a modern renaissance.
March 6, 2025 2025-03-06
Over 70 Chinese ritual bronzes, spanning from 12th century BC in the Shang dynasty to 1st-2nd century AD in the Han dynasty, will be showcased in New York City.
March 6, 2025 2025-03-06
The National Cultural Heritage Administration received 41 cultural relics and artworks returned by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York, USA, on Tuesday.
March 4, 2025 2025-03-04
Zeng Zhou, a cultural creative designer and planner, aspires to create products infused with traditional Chinese cultural charm.
March 4, 2025 2025-03-04
​Chinese authorities have issued a circular aimed at promoting the publicity and enforcement of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics, the National Cultural Heritage Administration said on Saturday.
March 2, 2025 2025-03-02
​A comprehensive collection of Chinese bronzes from the 12th to 19th centuries will be on display in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) starting Friday for a period of seven months.
February 28, 2025 2025-02-28
Porcelain wares unearthed in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, which were produced nearly 1,000 years ago during an ethnic minority-ruled dynasty, bear high resemblance to those made in the "porcelain capital" of Jingdezhen in east China.
February 27, 2025 2025-02-27
​Archaeologists on Wednesday started to restore the northeast platform of Angkor Wat's Bakan Tower in Cambodia's Angkor Archaeological Park, said an APSARA National Authority (ANA)'s news release.
February 26, 2025 2025-02-26
An ancient Greek artifact has been returned to its homeland following a repatriation ceremony at the Greek embassy in Washington, local media reported on Sunday.
February 24, 2025 2025-02-24
​Egypt has identified the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, the last lost royal tomb of the kings of the 18th Dynasty, in the Theban mountain region west of Luxor, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced.
February 20, 2025 2025-02-20
​Lebanon's Ministry of Culture received on Wednesday three archaeological artifacts confiscated by Swiss authorities, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
February 19, 2025 2025-02-19
China stepped up efforts over the past year to combat crimes related to the excavation, theft, trafficking and destruction of cultural relics, solving more than 940 cases and recovering 16,000 antiques, the Ministry of Public Security said.
February 19, 2025 2025-02-19
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