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Archaeologists Have Uncovered Over 100,000 Ancient Coins During Excavations In Maebashi City, Japan. The discovery was made during construction works of a new factory in Sojamachi district, where a cache of over 100,000 coins was found in 1,060 bundles. According to the researchers, an analysis of 334 coins in the cache shows a “remarkable diversity”, encompassing 44 distinct currency types. The coins have origins that mainly span from China’s Western Han Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, with the most notable being Ban Liang coins. Ban Liang coins were introduced by the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, as China’s first...

Builders digging at a Chinese secondary school had the rare fortune to stumble upon an ancient tomb. Archaeologists have since excavated the tomb in Jiangjin, a district in Chongqing, south west China, to reveal an enormous, double-chambered burial site. The large scale tomb, believed to be built during the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279AD), is extreme intricate in design and layout, reported People's Daily Online.

The archaeological dragnet sweeping across South China’s Xisha archipelago has turned up over 50 underwater heritage sites, including several ancient trade boats, which have for decades been a tempting treasure coveted by antiques smugglers. Porcelain, iron and bronze wares dating to the South Song Dynasty (1127—1279) were recovered in the emergency expedition, which kicked off last May. However, salvage rescue is a mixed blessing for the underwater antiques, whose fragility in seawaters renders preservation on the spot a far better choice. “The scope of underwater antiques around Xisha archipelago is enormously huge and far away from the land. It is...