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Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
Located on a plateau in central Laos, the Plain of Jars is named for the more than 2,100 tubular megalithic jars used in Iron Age funerary burials. The site consists of 15 sections, including large carved stone jars, stone pans, secondary burials from 500 BC to 500 AD, tombstones, quarries and funerary objects. These jars and related objects are the most prominent evidence of an Iron Age civilization that made and used them until it disappeared around 500 AD.
Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
The Liangzhu archaeological site (c. 3,300-2,300 BC), located in the Yangtze River basin on the southeastern coast of China, reveals an early regional state in China's Late Neolithic period, with a belief system based on rice cultivation. The site consists of four areas - the Yaoshan Site Area, the Gukou High Dam Area, the Plain Low Dam Area, and the Urban Site Area. The sites are outstanding examples of early urban civilization, as reflected in earthen monuments, urban planning, water conservation systems, and social hierarchies, as well as differentiated burials in the site's cemeteries.
Byblos
Byblos is one of the oldest Phoenician cities, the site of several civilizations. Inhabited since the Neolithic Age, it has been linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. Byblos is also directly linked to the history and spread of the Phoenician alphabet.
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns
Sukhothai was the capital of the first Siamese kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries. There are many fine monuments here that show the origins of Thai architecture. The great civilization that developed in the Sukhothai Kingdom absorbed many influences and ancient local traditions; the rapid fusion of all these elements formed what is known as the "Sukhothai style".
Stari Ras and Sopoćani
On the outskirts of Stari Ras, the first capital of Serbia, there is an impressive group of medieval monuments, including fortresses, churches and monasteries. Sopoćani Monastery is a witness to the contact of Western civilization with the Byzantine world.
China Printing Museum
Printing is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. Its invention, development and dissemination have played a huge role in promoting social progress and human civilization. Therefore, people call printing the "mother of civilization". The purpose of the construction of the China Printing Museum is to carry forward the long and glorious printing culture of the Chinese nation, publicize the wisdom of the ancient people to all walks of life, and educate young people on patriotism. It takes printing technology as the theme, displays representative printed products, printing technology equipment and related raw materials from past dynasties, to show the important role of printing in developing culture, promoting social progress, spreading scientific knowledge, developing production, improving people's lives and international cultural exchanges. The China Printing Museum has a total construction area of 8,000 square meters and an exhibition area of 4,600 square meters. It is the largest museum in the world's printing industry. The museum is divided into four exhibition areas, namely: the Ancient Museum of the Source of Printing, the Modern and Contemporary Printing Museum, the Digital Technology Museum and the Underground Printing Machinery Museum. In addition, there are several special exhibition rooms such as banknote securities printing, stamp printing, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan printing and printing boutique exhibition areas. The Ancient Origin Museum is the focus of the museum's exhibition. It uses pictures, text descriptions and real objects to show the origin, invention and development of printing from the late Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty. The Digital Technology Museum takes the development, application and globalization of Chinese character information processing technology as its exhibition line, focusing on the historical leap of my country's printing technology from lead typesetting to phototypesetting offset printing, "saying goodbye to lead and fire, welcoming light and electricity".