Beijing will make the largest ever investment on cultural relics restoration and renovation this year, a local cultural heritage official said on February 23.
The investment will total 1 billion yuan ($159 million) for the current year, increasing significantly from 150 million yuan spent annually over the past couple of years, said Kong Fanzhi, ......

书名：商周青铜器与青铜器雕塑艺术著者：张耀ISBN：978—7—5068—3073—7出版社：中国书籍出版社出版日期：2013年1月第1版定价：38．00元
 
    目  录  一、商周历史概况............................................................1  1．从成汤到纣王——殷商史话            ／1  2．周原部落——西周、东周的兴衰        ／5  二、关于商周青铜器..........................

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities says that one of its teams has found a cache of artifacts dating to roughly 600 B.C. in a northern Nile Delta province of the country.



 

Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim says in a statement Sunday that the team found 43 amulets, a gold-plated mummy mask and nearly 600 small funerary statues insid......

　　牵动福州市民的屏山地铁站考古，堪称2013年文博界的最大热点。

    

　　从公元前202年至前110年，闽越王无诸的冶城到西晋的子城，再到唐朝的罗城。福州鼓楼中心区的屏山，随着考古的发掘，一下子将鼓楼屏山的历史推移到了2000多年前。本期“人文鼓楼•发现档案”就通过多位文史专家的讲述，一起去钩沉始于公元前的历史。

    

　　残垣碎瓦诉说&l......

　　陕西扶风县法门寺地宫出土。通高15、座高4.5厘米。重651.7克。浇铸成型，通体鎏金。高髻，花蔓冠，宝缯垂肩，上身袒露，坐于圆形束腰仰覆莲座上，右手五指微曲，掌心向前，肘微上举，左手掌心向上，五指舒展平举，除面部、胸部、手部外，通体鎏金。


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参考文献：
　　《法门寺考古发掘报告》（上、下册），文物出版社，2007年。
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　　陕西扶风县法门寺地宫出土。共四件。形制尺寸相同，皆钣金成型，纹饰鎏金。其中标本FD5:017，通高21、腹径13.2。重659.5克。盘口，细颈，圆腹，圈足，颈底饰如意云头纹。肩部焊接长度7.1厘米的流，腹部錾饰4个简化莲瓣纹圈成的四曲规范圆形，其内錾十字三钴金刚杵纹，圆范之间以二重弦纹联接，腹下部錾一周八瓣仰莲，莲瓣间饰立三钴金刚杵。圈足呈喇叭形，与腹底焊接，上沿......

　　陕西省扶风县法门寺地宫出土。高2.2、深1.9-2、口径20厘米。重250克。无模吹制成型。深蓝色，透明度好，有小气泡，内外壁光洁。口微侈，浅腹，圆唇，平底部外有使用铁棒痕迹，盘心微凹。盘心刻出正方形，正方形内以斜平行线相交成菱形方格，并刻出细线间隔装饰小方块，使人有明暗相间的感觉。然后以正方形的每边为底边，刻出四枚尖瓣，形成十字形四瓣团花。每个尖瓣内刻枫叶......

The Ru kiln was one of five most renowned kilns during the Northern Song dynasty, when porcelain-making was at its. And with less than 100 genuine pieces still in existence, Ru kiln works hold an esteemed position among antique lovers. Now, a collection of works created using the techniques is on display at Rongbaozhai, a headquarters for antique......

　　在地处中蒙边境的内蒙古达尔罕茂明安草原上，活跃着7支“马背文物保护队”。无论寒冬酷暑，文保队队员策马扬鞭，穿梭于一个个文物保护点之间，守护着那些沉睡地下宝藏的宁静和安全。 

 

　　冬季的达尔罕茂名安草原寒风凛冽，轻易就能刺穿厚重的棉衣。内蒙古包头市达尔罕公安边防派出所民警齐日迈图说：“冬天巡逻最遭罪，大风抽得人脸上特别疼，手指......

The traditional Chinese zodiac attaches one of 12 animal signs to each lunar year in a cycle. But the coming lunar year of "yang", which starts on February 19, is still subject to debate over whether it means "sheep" or "goat".

Although Chinese are yet to decide definitively whether the animal symbol for the coming Lunar New Year should be a sheep......