Archaeologists working on a Japanese island discovered an ancient shard of earthenware pottery featuring Kanji, the logographic characters that comprise the Japanese system of writing. It's one of the ...
Researchers have discovered an ancient Japanese pottery vessel from the late Jomon period (4500-3300 BP) with an estimated 500 maize weevils incorporated into its design. The vessel was discovered in ...
Near the centre of Japan’s largest lake, a quiet shift in archaeological understanding has begun to take shape. Researchers operating deep below the surface recently documented an object of unusual ...
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