The flowing celestial robes in Dunhuang murals, featuring flying goddesses, and the legendary attempt by Wan Hu to reach ...

Animals are a focal point in the intricate carvings of Dian bronze ware, such as oxen, tigers, deer, monkeys, rabbits and ...

Beyond what we see in ruins and texts, ancient Jerusalem was alive with sound — from temple chants and crowded markets to the ...

A guqin master provides hands-on instruction to a student on the playing techniques of this ancient Chinese instrument. Photo ...

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

In both Jewish and Chinese cultures, the home is more than a dwelling—it is a sacred space that reflects the soul of a family ...

Prokopis Pavlopoulos, former president of Greece, said that East-West exchanges on human rights transcend geographical boundaries and remain crucial to the development of global civilization. The ...

In the great dance between the two rivals, it’s getting harder to tell which of them is leading and which is following.

Archaeologists have made an intriguing discovery in the deserts of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. A number of ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

How long will our democracy last? Stable governments tend to live a century, as wealth accumulates and makes its way from ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...