The Lijiang Ancient Town has been a commercial, political and cultural center of the Naxi people and other ethnic groups for over eight centuries. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site approved in 1997 ...

By introducing new forms of outdoor sports that reflect the distinctive characteristics of the Yunnan plateau, Lijiang has emerged as a favorite destination of athletes and sports enthusiasts. "I ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A monumental stone relief depicting King Ashurbanipal, flanked by the deities Ashur and Ishtar, was uncovered in the throne room of Nineveh’s North Palace ...

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An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater ... which was uncovered in the city of Sisak – in a press release in ...

The mundane-looking objects revealed the story of when disaster struck an ancient Roman city, the reconstruction efforts and its lingering consequences. Archaeologists began excavating a canal in ...

The map highlights the city of Palmyra in central Syria, as well as the ancient city of Apamea, and the city of Aleppo in the northwest. But up close, the damage from Syria’s 13-year civil war ...

Baghdad: Iraq has announced the discovery of an ancient city dating back to the Abbasid era in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, estimated to be more than 1,200 years old. Director of the Basra ...

"This is the only appropriate location that we have determined may be the ancient city of Lyncus, where Alexander the Great's grandmother was born and raised," he said. "Eurydice I was a very ...

Photos show the “rare” ancient Roman artifact. Photo from the City of Leuven Digging into the damp, marshy soil of central Belgium, archaeologists went about their typical work. The “routine ...