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A new genetic study is rewriting what researchers know about early human migrations in East Asia, showing that the prehistoric ...
Japanese archaeologists digitally and physically reconstructed prehistoric fishing nets dating back more than 6,000 years, a leap in the exploration ...
For the first time since the late 19th century, artifacts believed to originate from the Daisen Kofun burial mound, traditionally ...
Researchers have identified an intricate inlaid gold pattern on an iron spear inserted into a gilt bronze sheath, unearthed decades ...
In a rare discovery, Shofu Inc., a Kyoto-based ceramics company, uncovered approximately 500,000 rare “Maboroshi” or “phantom” ceramic coins from ...
Researchers from Japan’s Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties have uncovered a 1,300-year-old wooden tablet that appears to be ...
Archaeologists from the Berlin State Office for Monument Preservation uncovered a 17th-century Japanese short sword, known as a Wakizashi, amidst ...
Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of unprecedented tombs in the Jjoksaem district of Gyeongju, the ancient capital of the Silla ...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has successfully orchestrated the return of 22 culturally significant artifacts to Okinawa, Japan, marking ...
The carved head of an ancient Buddhist statue kept at the Myooin temple in Fukuyama, Japan, has exposed layers of ...
