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Seeing Sanxingdui
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
In the early 1930s, farmers near their own courtyards in Moon Bay, Guanghan, dug up jade and stone objects, opening a previously unrecorded ancient Sh…
Western Regions Travel Series 04: Return to the Khotan Oasis (Zhixin)
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2020
In 1900–1901, 1906–1908, and 1913–1916, the British-Hungarian explorer Aurel Stein undertook archaeological expeditions in Xinjiang and the Hexi regio…
Western Regions Travel Series 07: From the Lop Desert to Dunhuang (Zhixin)
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2020
Between 1900–1901, 1906–1908 and 1913–1916, the British-Hungarian explorer Aurel Stein made successive expeditions and archaeological surveys in Xinji…
Tracing the Qin: Viewing the Qin Dynasty Through the Terracotta Warriors
Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2026
The Terracotta Warriors embody the strength and grandeur of the Great Qin Empire. Behind them lie countless vivid individuals who lived in that era—ea…
Stone Statues, Temples, and Lost Civilizations: A Journey of Maya Discovery That Rewrote the History of World Civilization
New World Press · 2023
War, dense jungle, and malaria; stelae, reliefs, and pyramids—a panoramic account of the pre-Columbian Maya discovery journey! This is the extraordina…
Research on Maba Man and Shixia Culture
Jinan University Press · 2025
As an important branch of the Lingnan cultural lineage, Shao culture, with Shixia culture as its source, took root in Lingnan as early as the Neolithi…
The Shuomen Ancient Port and Maritime Silk Road Culture
China Culture and History Press · 2025
The Shuomen Ancient Port site in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, was named one of China's Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries of 2022. It fills a gap in maritim…
Sanxingdui: The Lost Ancient Shu Civilization
Beijing Institute of Technology Press · 2025
This book explores the kinship between the ancient Shu civilization and the Yellow River civilization—led by the Central Plains—and the civilizations …
Loulan and Niya
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023
Written by archaeologist Wang Binghua, this book is a study of the great archaeological discoveries at Loulan and Niya. Loulan, situated on the barren…
The Nanyue Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023
From the late Qin to the Western Han, a mysterious kingdom existed in the Lingnan region of China. It inherited the traditions of the Central Plains p…
The Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023
This book is an accessible archaeological introduction to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, one of the most significant archaeological discoveri…
The Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023
The tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is the burial place of Zeng Hou Yi, ruler of the state of Zeng in the early Warring States period. In 1978, the tomb wa…
The Mancheng Han Tombs
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023
The tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan, and that of his consort Dou Wan at Mancheng are among China's top 100 archaeological discoveries of t…
The Mawangdui Han Tombs
Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023
Part of the "Experiencing Chinese Archaeology" series, The Han Tombs at Mawangdui explores the tombs of Li Cang, Marquis of Dai and Chancellor of the …
Discoveries at Dunhuang
The Commercial Press · 2022
This book is based on Stein's Harvard lecture manuscript, a popular factual account synthesizing the results (including research findings) of his thre…
The Underground Qin Dynasty
Shandong Publishing House of Literature and Art · 2025
Guanzhong Plain, northern foot of Mount Li. 700,000 laborers, 38 years to build the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. This is a tomb: an enormous bu…
At the Archaeological Site: Ten Lectures on Silk Road Archaeology
Zhonghua Book Company · 2021
The Silk Road was a route of commerce and trade, a path of dialogue between East and West, a channel of friendly exchange, and above all a road of cul…
From Sanxingdui to Jinsha: Astonishing Discoveries of Chinese Civilization
Zhonghua Book Company · 2021
The Sanxingdui and Jinsha sites are two ancient capital-city sites of regional centrality in southwest China. In texts such as Shu Benji and Huayang G…
A Heaven-Bestowed Kingdom: The Astonishing Discovery of the Sanxingdui and Jinsha Sites
The Commercial Press · 2026
A jade pit suddenly appears in the tranquil Moon Bay, and the Yan family digs for treasure late at night. Secrets leak on the streets of Chengdu, and …
Wind and Snow at Dingling: The Opening of the Underground Palace of the Ming Dingling Tomb
The Commercial Press · 2026
This book is a panoramic, multi-faceted work of archaeological reportage on the excavation of Dingling. It not only discloses the detailed process of …