A Stone Age bird sculpture uncovered in China could be a “missing link” in our understanding of prehistoric art. Dating back almost 13,500 years, the sculpture is now the oldest known example of three-dimensional art in East Asia.
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Two of the most fascinating places are Easter Island and Stonehenge. Lying in the South Pacific, Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on earth and is famous for the large stone monoliths (巨石)that line its coast. Shaped like human heads, these structures,
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The Zuojiang Huasha rock paintings, from South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
The main painted area along the cliff (悬崖) has a width of about 170 metres and a
The paintings were originally thought
The saying ‘All roads lead to Xianyang’ may not be widely known, but it is the
Like the Great Wall, these roads,
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A collection of tombs dating from the Han Dynasty to the Six Dynasties period were discovered in Wulong District of Southwest China’s Chongqing. The tomb dating back
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Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of 3,000-year-old handicrafts at Sanxingdui, Sichuan province. The researchers found more than 500 objects at the site in 2019, most of
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