When the discovery of a new Iron Age hoard was announced this week, a video was released showing a long table laid out with ...
The pit at the Xiazhan ruins site contains exquisitely crafted chariot fittings made of gold, jade and bronze, which are comparable in grade to those found in the burial pits of the Tomb of Duke ...
These paths, some of which connect various settlements to an ancient Etruscan necropolis, run deep through hills and rocky foundations. It is said that their construction resulted from the gradual ...
“It is an enthralling historical mystery,” the directors said in the release. Bronze coins related to Ptolemies and of Antiochus IV, weapons, wooden tools and fabrics were found too. The ...
but also because in a side chamber of the tomb lay an entire bronze chariot procession: 39 horses, 45 human figures and 14 chariots, including the aforementioned one. The tomb's vaulted main ...
The ancient Etruscan civilisation – as in GP Costa del Etruschi – were famed for their use of the materiel and it’s still mined in the region. As with all else in modern society there’s a push towards ...
David Burghley ran at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie of the games, Chariots of Fire, and in 1968 he presented medals to Tommie Smith and John Carlos seconds ...
She highlighted the city's most iconic archaeological discoveries, including the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, bronze chariots and horses, and the Xun, an ancient Chinese wind instrument made ...