Glass beads unearthed from the Pabalugala site.Archaeological survey site at the Mantai Port ruins.Chinese porcelain and other artifacts unearthed during the 2019 excavation of the Mantai Port site.Chinese and Sri Lankan team members at the excavation site. Photos provided by the Center for Archaeological Sciences, Sichuan University.Sri Lanka is a shining pearl in the Indian Ocean and a crucia...
The following article comes from Dao Zhonghua, written by Qiu Yujie, a former Marine of the Archaeological Science Center of Sichuan University.The origin of the Tibetan ethnic group is the starting point for exploring the history and culture of the Tibetan people. Since the Republic of China period, Tibetan people have had many views such as "indigenous theory", "southern theory", "northern th...
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China and Sri Lanka are traditional friendly neighbors. In recent years, high-level exchanges between the two countries have been frequent, political mutual trust has been continuously enhanced, and exchanges and cooperation in economic, trade, cultural and other fields have become increasingly close. The two countries have maintained good communication and coordination in international and regional affairs. China and Sri Lanka have implemented the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, jointly built the "Belt and Road" with high quality, expanded exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and promoted the continuous development of the strategic cooperative partnership between China and Sri Lanka featuring sincere mutual assistance and generations of friendship. Jointly building the "Belt and Road" promotes modernization. In Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on the golden beach beside the azure blue sea, there is a futuristic planned city - Colombo Port City (see...
From January to February 2024, a joint archaeological team composed of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, the School of Archaeology and Museology of Sichuan University, the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the National Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka, and the Department of Archaeology of the University of Kelaniya conducted archaeological excavations at the Pabalugala site in the Northwest Province of Sri Lanka, yielding significant results. Under the guidance of the "Belt and Road" initiative, since 2017, Sichuan University and the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, signed a cooperation agreement for excavation and research, and carried out three consecutive years of archaeological work on the ancient Indian Ocean port of Mantai, opening a new chapter in the archaeology of the Maritime Silk Road...
The large-scale documentary series "Tracing Ancient China: Records of Ancient Shu" recently concluded. The 5-episode documentary delves into the latest archaeological discoveries of the mysterious ancient Shu kingdom, revealing how the ancient Shu civilization interacted and integrated with the Yellow River and the middle and lower Yangtze River basin civilizations, vividly presenting the glory of the ancient Shu civilization and its important contributions to Chinese civilization. On June 16th, a reporter learned that the documentary has frequently trended on social media since its premiere on June 10th. Topics such as "The Shu people were already drinking alcohol more than 4,000 years ago," "Ancient Shu people liked to pierce their earlobes," "This is how the ancient Shu people carried sedan chairs more than 3,000 years ago," "Giant tree roots decipher the climate of Chengdu more than 3,000 years ago," "What did the ancient Shu people look like 5,000 years ago," etc...
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China News Service, Chengdu, November 18th (Reporter He Shaoqing) "Today's archaeologists work at the intersection of humanities and traditional hard sciences. They face countless possibilities and countless challenges. The opportunity is that we may know more and more, and the challenge is that we may find it difficult to grasp the 'elephant of history'." Lyu Hongliang, director of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, said in Chengdu on the 18th that after the establishment of the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, it will generally clarify the process of civilization in Southwest China and other cutting-edge issues. The Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, was established. Photo by He Shaoqing On the same day, the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University...
