The Early Diffusion of Foxtail and Broomcorn Millet (Setaria italica and Panicum miliaceum) in Central and Western Eurasia and Its Social Significance
Foxtail and broomcorn millet (Setaria italica and Panicum miliaceum) are vital cereal c...
On February 5th, Professor Grigorios Tsokas of the Department of Geology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, was invited to visit Chinese School of Classical Studies at Ath...
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Guests from both China and abroad visited the exhibition titled Archaeology and the Origins of Chinese Civilization at the China Archaeological Museum in Beijing on Wednesday. I...
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The exhibition "The Diversity of Beauty: Art and Life in Ancient Greece" will be on display in the South 1 and South 2 exhibition halls of the National Museum of China from Nove...
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On July 5, 2024, at the invitation of the Center for Comparative Studies of Chinese Civilization and Ancient Civilizations of the World and the Research Office of Ancient and...
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The Niuheliang site represents the most flourishing period of the Hongshan Culture, a Neolithic civilization that emerged around 6,500 years ago in north China, and has garnered significant scholarly attention largely due to the discovery of remains associated with sacrificial and ritual activities. Yet in the absence of substantial evidence from the sphere of everyday life, understanding of Hongshan society must therefore be approached largely through these remains.
Although Chinese and Greek creation myths emerged from vastly different cultural contexts, they share a surprisingly similar starting point: a world born out of chaos, an undivided state of heaven and earth, and the common motif of humans fashioned from clay or dust.
As one of the foundational sources of Western civilization, Greece shares broad space for dialogue with China, a civilization shaped by a long and continuous historical tradition. As academic exchanges between the two countries deepen, scholars are finding new opportunities for comparative research and intellectual engagement.
Charles Higham, professor emeritus of Archaeology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, is an international fellow of the British Academy and a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Over the course of his career, he has witnessed firsthand a series of paradigm-shifting advances in research methods—including radiocarbon dating, ancient DNA analysis, and ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)—that have steadily unlocked some of archaeology’s most enduring questions.
In Annals, Ennius celebrated the Roman nation and Roman history in epic form, shaped the opinions of orbis terrarumand imperium of Ennius’ contemporaries and later generations, widely infl uenced Western perceptions of imperium to this day. The original text of Annals is now lost, leaving behind fragments of the text in an unclear order, with ambiguous meanings that are diffi cult to grasp. The only way to understand the poet’s teachings is to read the text closely to explore his image of orbis terrarum and imperium in Annals. This research shows that in Annals, the tr...
Western Сlassical Сriticism extends from the Ancient Greek Period to the Early Christian Period, it lasted for 14 centuries. The main objects of “Classical Criticism” are poetry and prose. Poetry includes genres such as epics, odes, mourning poems, lyrical poems, tragic poetry, comedy poetry, satirical poetry, pastoral poetry and others. Prose includes historical narratives, eloquent debates, public speeches, dialogues, letters and others. The authoritative viewpoint in the Western Classical Academic Community holds that, the essential legacy of Classical Criticism i...
New stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values of charred plant and bone collagen remains from 6th mill. BCE Halai, central Greece, together with datasets from 6th mill. BCE Kouphovouno, southern Greece, and later 6th/early 5th mill.
Foxtail and broomcorn millet (Setaria italica and Panicum miliaceum) are vital cereal c...
Dr. Zhiying Gu’s A Manual of Classical Works will provide a detail catalogue of Greek ...
Taking Byzantine coins as the core historical material, this project examines the chara...
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Elliniko 167 77, Greece
5 Inner Jianguomen Street
Beijing, 100732, China
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Elliniko 167 77, Greece
5 Inner Jianguomen Street
Beijing, 100732, China
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