Archaeology
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- Niya Yields Buried Secrets
- From China Daily, in 1901, a British explorer named Marc Aurel Stein trekked into the ruins of the kingdom far out in the desert, and the world then heard for the first time the name of Niya, as dreamlike as the Uygur legend about it. (March 12, 2004)
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- Palace or Castle of Dreams
- From China Daily, recent archaeological finds have raised a shocking question: did the palace ever exist, or are both it and the fire a 2,200-year-old lie. (March 04, 2004)
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- Scientist Challenges Interpretation of New Find, the Oldest Primate fossil Ever Discovered
- From EurekaAlert, a skull and jawbones recently found in China is the oldest well-preserved primate fossil ever discovered and the best evidence of the presence of early primates in Asia. (December 23, 2003)
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- China Imposes Great Wall Ban
- From BBC, China says it is closing off vast sections of the Great Wall to tourists in an effort to protect it. (August 01, 2003)
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- China's Oldest Grotto Grave Unearthed in SW China
- From the People's Daily, Neolithic grotto grave is found on the Nongshan Mountain of southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, unveiling the burial secrets of the Luoyue People. (July 24, 2003)
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- 1,700-year-old Legal Document Found in NW Province
- From the Peoples daily, a incomplete document dating back 1,700 years just has been unearthed in Gansu Province, providing a valuable clue for archaeologists on the long-lost Criminal Law of the imperial Jin Dynasty, 265-420BCE. (December 10, 2002)
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- China's Boat-building Dates Back 7,500 Years
- From the people's Daily, Chinese archaeologists have unearthed a wooden boat dating back at least 7,500 years in Xiaoshan City of east China's Zhejiang Province. (November 21, 2002)
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- China Had Express Post in 221 BCE
- From CNN, China had an express postal service as long ago as 221 BCE, according to archaeologists studying recently discovered Imperial documents. (August 02, 2002)
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- Ancient Civilization Existed in South China: Findings
- From the People's Daily, archaeological findings prove that civilization existed in Shenzhen, now a coastal boomtown in south China's Guangdong Province, as early as 3,500 years ago. (May 04, 2002)
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- Earliest Presence of Humans in East Asia
- From BBC, man entered northern China as long as 1.36 million years ago, according to new research. (September 27, 2001)
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- People's Daily - Archaeological Find May Change Chinese History
- A report on archaeologists uncovering an ancient city site that thrived over 4,000 years ago in Taosi Village, Shanxi Province. (August 04, 2000)
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- Northern Tibet Exploration
- Article in Asian Arts by John Vincent Bellezza archaeological discoveries of the Changthang Circuit Expedition 1999.
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- Former Home of Ancient Tibetan Man of Letters Found
- From the People's Daily, the former residence of the inventor of Tibetan characters has been found in a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region. (October 23, 2003)
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- Man set foot in Ice-Age Tibet - April 18, 2002
- From CNN, fossilized hand and footprints have revealed that mankind lived on the Tibetan plateau at the height of the Ice Age, 16,000 years earlier than anyone previously thought. (April 18, 2002)
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- New Archaeological Discoveries in Tibet
- Article in Asian Arts by John Vincent Bellezza concerning a series of pre-Buddhist archaeological sites in the western Tibet province of Ngari. (December 01, 1998)
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- Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
- Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses is one of the most famous attractions in China.
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- Terracotta Warriors: New Theories on Ancient Artifacts
- From China.org, the warriors may well have been successfully fired using a traditional temporary kiln technique, not necessarily a kiln stove as previously thought. (October 12, 2002)