Archaeology
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Qiu Xigui obituary
Paleographer, historian and expert on ancient Chinese writingQiu Xigui, who has died aged 89, first made his m…
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Remains of carved canoe may be most significant discovery of its kind, NZ archaeologist says
More than 450 artefacts from a waka found in pieces in the Chatham Islands expected to reveal new insights abo…
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Pakistan’s monsoon rains threaten world heritage site of Mohenjo-daro
Curator of site says several walls built 4,500 years ago have collapsed and repairs are under wayIn flood-stri…
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US returns to Cambodia dozens of antiquities looted from historic sites
Some of the artefacts, which range from the bronze age to the 12th century, were stolen from ancient Khmer cap…
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Fears over building works at Afghan Buddhas of Bamiyan site
Unesco says it has not been consulted on project and local experts are alarmed at Taliban plansThe Taliban hav…
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New clues shed light on ‘pivotal’ moment in the great Pacific migration
Archaeologists say find of tools and bones changes our understanding of the Lapita people, the first to make l…
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Have Sumatran fishing crews found the fabled Island of Gold?
Treasures worth millions found in the last five years along the Musi River could be the site of the Srivijaya …
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Gold of the Great Steppe review – the breathtaking lives of history’s ‘barbarians’
Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFrom their astounding burial mounds to their dazzling horses dressed up as mythic…
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British Museum to repatriate ancient tiles smuggled into UK in a suitcase
Ancient artefacts from Samarkand will go on display in London before being returnedThe British Museum is to he…
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British Museum to repatriate ancient tiles smuggled into UK in a suitcase
Ancient artefacts from Samarkand will go on display in London before being returnedThe British Museum is to he…
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Bird figurine is earliest Chinese artwork ever discovered, say experts
‘Refined’ 2cm carving found in Henan dates to palaeolithic period up to 13,000 years agoA tiny figurine of a b…