3 February 2024
The carved head of an ancient Buddhist statue hidden in the Myooin temple in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan, has revealed pages...
16 September 2023
Shrubbery intended to illuminate a corner of a nondescript parking lot in Japan’s Nara prefecture turned out to be hiding...
30 May 2023
A grave with a stone coffin around 2.3 meters long and dating to the latter part of the Yayoi Period...
25 April 2023
Archaeologists have unearthed an almost perfectly preserved wooden mask from the early third century at the Nishi-Iwata ruins in Osaka...
17 April 2023
Located in the Takaichi District of Nara Prefecture, Japan, the village of Asuka is famous for its mysterious stones. The...
27 January 2023
The largest bronze mirror and the largest “dako” iron sword in Japan were discovered at the Tomio Maruyama burial mound...
14 January 2022
Artifacts discovered in the ruins of structures associated with warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s 1590 Siege of Odawara may be prototypes of...
23 August 2021
Are wars part of human nature? Do people tend to fight instinctively or do they war as a result of...
2 July 2021
Born into the aristocratic Fujiwara clan, this extraordinary woman first ascended to the throne as Empress Kōken and became the...
1 July 2021
Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest building remains ever found at the former site of the Heijokyu palace in the...