开封是中国八大古都之一，也是国务院首批颁布的24座国家级历史文化名城之一。北宋东京城遗址位于开封地下8~12米深，分外城、内城、皇城三道城墙，总占地面积约53平方公里。

北依邙山，南抵伊阙，东逾瀍河，西临涧水，洛水贯穿之地，坐落着隋唐大运河的中心，曾经世界最繁华的国际化大都市——隋唐洛阳城。

“若问古今兴废事，请君只看洛阳城”，司马光这首《过洛阳故城》中的佳句道尽了汉魏洛阳故城在中国历史中的地位。在洛阳东约15公里的地方，沉睡着国内保存最完整、面积最大的都城——汉魏洛阳故城遗址。

Located in Jiahu village of Luohe city, Central China's Henan province, Jiahu site, once a Neolithic settlement some 7,500 to 9,000 years ago, covers an area of 55 thousand square meters, where abundant well-preserved cultural remains have been unearthed.

Located in Jiahu village of Luohe city, Central China's Henan province, Jiahu site, once a Neolithic settlement some 7,500 to 9,000 years ago, covers an area of 55 thousand square meters, where abundant well-preserved cultural remains have been unearthed.

Located in the north of Hanzhuang, a village 3 kilometers southwest of Sanmenxia city, Central China's Henan province, the Neolithic site of Miaodigou covers an area of about 360 thousand square meters. First discovered by An Zhimin (a famous archaeologist in China) in 1953, the Miaodigou site has been excavated twice.

Located in Shuanghuaishu village of Gongyi city, Central China's Henan province, the Shuanghuaishu site is 2 kilometers south of the Yellow River and 4 kilometers east of the Yiluo River. In 2021, it was listed among both China's top 10 new archaeological discoveries of 2020 and top100 archaeological discoveries of the past century.