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(240126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows archaeological samples unearthed from Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows a view of Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows archaeological samples unearthed from Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers sort findings unearthed from Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows archaeological samples unearthed from Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members conduct work at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows a view of Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members conduct work at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Archaeological expert and students discuss at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Xinglong, an expert with the Guizhou provincial cultural relics and archaeology institute, examines archaeological samples unearthed from Chuandong Site under a microscope in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker arranges findings unearthed from Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member sorts findings unearthed from Chuandong Site at a work site of the Guizhou provincial cultural relics and archaeology institute in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-PUDING-CHUANDONG SITE-NEW FINDING (CN)

(240125) -- PUDING, Jan. 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Archaeological expert and students discuss at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2024. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years. Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age. Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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China's "Jiangnan" treasures on display at U.S. museum exhibition

STORY: China's "Jiangnan" treasures on display at U.S. museum exhibition DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: CLEVELAND, the United States CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping attending the event STORYLINE: Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. "This is the product of nearly a decade of research. It is the outcome of collaboration among the museums on three continents," said William Griswold, director and president of the CMA, at an opening ceremony held on Thursday for "China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta." The exhibition, which runs from Sept. 10, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024, represents a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for Americans to see some of the "absolutely extraordinary" artworks from China, said Griswold.

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Clarissa von Spee (2nd R, Front), the exhibition's curator and chair of Asian art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, introduces an exhibit to Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (2nd L, Front) and other visitors during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (C) views an exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People talk in front of Chinese art exhibits during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2023 shows a bull-shaped bronze lamp dating back to the Han Dynasty during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of a Chinese art exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views a Chinese art exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views Chinese art exhibits during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views a Chinese art exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

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Museum of scales in Mie Pref. closes

TSU, Japan - Kenzo Kobayashi, the 73-year-old owner and curator of Hakarinoyakata, one of only two museums on scales, weights and measures in Japan, speaks of his collection of over 10,000 items in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 30, 2014. The museum closed the same day, with Kobayashi's collection to be donated to a scale maker in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, for exhibition in a new museum to open there in October.

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Man collects items washed up on Fukuoka beach

Tadashi Ishii, a 77-year-old former teacher, holds the skull of a sea turtle at his mini private museum in Fukutsu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 31, 2015. The skull is one of more than 10,000 items he has collected over the past 40 years on the beach facing the Genkai Sea at the southwestern end of the Japan Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo