Banner announcing the Top 10 International Archaeological News.
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China Central Television (CCTV) announced its Top Ten International Archaeological News as part of its annual selection highlighting the most significant archaeological discoveries worldwide. As one of the most influential media organisations globally, CCTV’s archaeology features and awards play a major role in bringing cutting-edge research to broad public audiences, bridging academic scholarship and global cultural awareness.
The annual selection reflects both scientific innovation and cultural impact, recognising discoveries that reshape our understanding of human history, technology, society, and long-distance connections across time and space.
In 2025/2026, the CCTV list brought together landmark discoveries from across the world, including the identification of the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II in Egypt, newly revealed murals in Pompeii, the AI-assisted decipherment of Babylonian hymns in Iraq, the discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania, and breakthroughs in ancient DNA research transforming our understanding of early societies and human–animal relationships.
For the DREAM project, recognition within this global context underscores the international significance of the Semiyarka discovery. Being highlighted alongside these major archaeological advances situates our research within a worldwide conversation about complexity, connectivity, and innovation in the ancient world, and reflects the growing impact of collaborative, data-driven archaeology beyond academia.
中国中央电视台(CCTV)公布了年度十大国际考古新闻,旨在表彰全球最重要的考古发现。作为全球最具影响力的媒体机构之一,CCTV的考古专题报道和奖项在向广大公众传播前沿研究成果、连接学术研究与全球文化认知方面发挥着重要作用。
年度评选兼顾科学创新和文化影响,表彰那些重塑我们对人类历史、技术、社会以及跨越时空的远距离联系认知的重大发现。
2025/2026年度CCTV榜单汇集了来自世界各地的里程碑式发现,包括埃及图特摩斯二世法老陵墓的发现、庞贝古城新近发掘的壁画、人工智能辅助破译伊拉克巴比伦圣歌、坦桑尼亚发现距今150万年的骨制工具,以及古代DNA研究的突破性进展,这些进展改变了我们对早期社会和人与动物关系的理解。
对于DREAM项目而言,在全球背景下获得认可,凸显了塞米亚卡遗址发现的国际意义。与这些重大考古进展并列,使我们的研究融入了关于古代世界复杂性、关联性和创新性的全球对话,也反映了协作式、数据驱动型考古学在学术界之外日益增长的影响力。
(译文由AI生成)
Banner introducing Semiyarka as one of the awarded discoveries.
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