News July 18, 2013
YEJIASHAN, CHINA—More than 100 tombs from the early Western Zhou Dynasty have been uncovered in central China’s Hubei Province. One of the largest of the approximately 3,000-year-old tombs has yielded sets of bronze ware for ritual and table use. In particular, a bronze pot painted red with patterns is thought to be the first of its kind to be found from this period. Pottery and lacquered artifacts have also been recovered.
Off the Grid May/June 2025
Features May/June 2025
Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
Features May/June 2013
Archaeologists are tracking the disappearance of a remarkable type of pottery to rewrite the story of a culture’s decline
Features May/June 2013
A forgotten graveyard, the dawn of modern medicine, and the hard life in 19th-century London
Features May/June 2013
The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings
Letter from Turkey May/June 2013
Archaeologists conduct the first-ever survey of the legendary WWI battlefield at Gallipoli
Artifacts May/June 2013
Ceramic figurines were part of a cache of objects found at an Iron Age temple uncovered at the site of Tel Motza outside Jerusalem
