Glazed decorations in the Forbidden City reflect the intricate beauty of ancient Chinese architecture. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) What are the colors of the Forbidden City in Beijing? Red and yellow? Yes, but not completely, if you are observant enough. Thanks to the glaze, called liuli...
Uruk’s city-wide and centuries-long building boom was not comparable to ancient Egypt’s a little later, when monuments were dedicated to the glorification and immortality of dynasties of ruthless rulers. Unlike Uruk, Egyptian tombs and temples were built to last to the end of time. Here, b...
New cities formed and old ones developed in Southwest Asia (Babylon, which probably became the largest city in the middle of the first millennium; Nineveh in Assyria; Persepolis in the Achaemenid state; Jerusalem; and the cities of Phoenicia, Tyre and Sidon [Saida], which carried on extensive...
The city may not be as well known as the later Mesopotamian cities of Babylon or Ninevah, but it can lay a firm claim to being the cradle of civilisation, writes Paul Collins
But the title "the Heart of Great Silk Road" is indeed obtained by Samarkand. The city is included into "The World Heritage" list of UNESCO - so great the significance of material and spiritual values concentrated here. The unique buildings of ancient architecture, heritage of scientific and ...
such as Yuandang Lake Ecological Park, Yuandang Station, Yuandang Inn, Qushui Shanwan (jointly built by the government and Blue City) and other leisure and life facilities.There are also more than a dozen ancient water towns in the surrounding areas, such as Zhouzhuang, Tongli, and Lili. ...
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They focused on the Fertile Crescent between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris in Iraq, where lie the ruins of the ancient city-states of Assur, Babylon, Ur and Uruk. The architecture, tablets and other artifacts of these cities illustrate a tumultuous history that began more than 5,000 years ...
Ancient documents show it was first used in architecture during the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-581), also proved by archaeological discoveries of glaze tiles from the ruins of a capital city from that period. During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), constructional components made of glaze b...