Asian archaeology Asian archaeology The Tillya Tepe (Golden Hill) " Bactrian Gold" hoard is a collection of about 20,600 gold ornaments that was found in six burial mounds near Sheberghan, in the northern Afghanistan province of Jawzjan, and was excavated in 1978 by a team led by the Greek- Russian archaeologist Victor Sariyannidis, a year before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The ornaments include coins, necklaces set with gems, belts, medallions and crowns. A new museum in Kabul is being planned where the Bactrian gold will eventually be kept. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bactrian Gold"
The Japanese Paleolithic ( Japanese: 日本の旧石器時代, Nihon no kyū-sekki-jidai) covers a period from around 100,000 to 30,000 BCE, when the earliest stone tool implements have been found, to around 12,000 BCE, at the end of the last Ice-age, which corresponds to the beginning of the Mesolithic Jomon Period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Japanese Paleolithic"
Kunya (also known as Konye-Urgench or "Old Urgench") is a municipality of about 30,000 inhabitants in north-eastern Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. It is the ancient site of the town of Urgench, which contains unexcavated ruins of the 12th-century capital of Khwarezm. Since 2005, the ruins of Old Urgench have been protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kunya"
Merv ( Persian name: مرو), in current-day Turkmenistan, was a major oasis- city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary. Several cities have existed on this site, which is significant for the interchange of culture and politics at a site of major strategic value. The site of ancient Merv has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Sites. ...more on Wikipedia about "Merv"
Along the middle Euphrates in Syria, the site of Mureybet was occupied from the 12th to the 8th millennium BCE. It is one of the earliest known agriculture-based settlements, the domestication of plants, one of the forces that brought about the Neolithic Revolution, was traced in successive strata, making of Mureybet one of the reference sites for the progress of the Neolithic in the Ancient Near East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mureybet"
A tumulus (plural tumuli or tumuluses) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or kurgans and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tumulus"
Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien (周口店) is a cave system near Beijing in China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zhoukoudian" Connect with http://www.shortopedia.com.
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