The significant excavation launched on an ancient shipwreck in China
Shanghai announced the kickoff of an archaeological excavation of a shipwreck site at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Wednesday. The shipwreck, known as boat "Number Two" on the Yangtze River Mouth, is one of the largest and best-preserved, with many cultural relics on board. The merchant ship, dating to the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), sits 5.5 meters below the ocean bed at a shoal on the northeast tip of Hengsha Island in Chongming District. Archaeologists found that the ship is about 38.5 meters long and 7.8 meters wide at its broadest. A total of 31
The 3D reconstruction of Dvin- an Armenian capital instrumental in the Silk Road trade
The architect and designer Ashot Ghazaryan has created a 3D model of Dvin; the ancient capital city of Armenia made for the documentary “Andin. Armenian Journey Chronicles” directed by Ruben Giney. Dvin was one of the most ancient settlements of the Armenian Highland, traced back as far as the 3rd millennium BCE. From the first half of the 4th century, Dvin was the primary residence of the Armenian Kings of the Arshakuny dynasty and the Holy See of the Armenian Church. The city grew rapidly reaching a population of over 100.000 becoming one of the most populous and wealthiest cities east of
A digital depiction of ancient Nanjing
The Picture of Jinling (Jinling Tu) collected by the Deji Art Museum in Nanjing is a panorama of ancient Nanjing city in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) created by imperial court artist Feng Ning during the Qianlong Reign (1736-1795). The museum combines ancient culture with modern technology and is holding a digital art exhibit to present the famous painting vividly and interactively.
Armenian national costume in the works of Hovsep Pushman
by Ani Margaryan This work (Hovsep Pushman (1877-1966, Armenian-American artist), ”Armenian Girl," early 20th c., oil on board, signed upper right corner, titled verso, presented in a period beech frame, H.- 11 in., W.- 8 1/2 in.; framed H.- 13 in., W.- 10 5/8 in., D.- 7/8 in., private collection, sold in the year 2020, November (the first picture)) is incredibly significant from the perspective of the traditional Armenian garments depictions in the history of Armenian oil painting in the early 1900s, and secondly, not less important in terms of visualization of Armenian themes in the works of Diaspora artists, particularly
World’s oldest leather shoe excavated in Armenia
Stuffed with grass, perhaps as an insulator or an early shoe tree, the 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe was found exceptionally well preserved—thanks to a surfeit of sheep dung—during a recent dig in an Armenian cave.About as big as a current women's size seven (U.S.), the shoe was likely tailor-made for the right foot of its owner, who could have been a man or a woman—not enough is known about Armenian feet of the era to say for sure.Radiocarbon dated to about 3500 B.C., during Armenia's Copper Age, the prehistoric shoe is compressed in the heel and toe area, likely due to
