Thousands of artifacts reveal how ancient South Chinese cultures used small stone tools to endure harsh climates and changing ...

Archaeologists in northern China have unearthed a centuries-old tomb decorated with stunning murals portraying daily life ...

Archaeologists have excavated three c. 3,000–2,400-year-old ritual structures in Shandong Province, China, indicating that the origins of a shared Chinese cultural identity lie in ceremonial ...

A groundbreaking archaeological study has revealed the first and only known instance of systematic human bone modification in Neolithic China, challenging our understanding of ancient Chinese mortuary ...

Recently, a remarkable discovery has been made. Ancient Chinese scrolls, well-preserved and steeped in history, are shedding new light on our understanding of optics. These ancient texts suggest an ...

In the early morning hours of May 18, two volumes of the famous Chu Silk Manuscript arrived in Beijing. The earliest known examples of silk books ever discovered, the manuscripts date to around the ...

Sinology is essentially part of Oriental studies, which also includes the study of other ancient civilizations such as Egypt ...

(Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now ...

History becomes legend. Legend becomes myth. At best, historians hope that at least a kernel of truth lingers lost among centuries’ worth of embellishment, propaganda, and hype. But the gap between ...

Ancient idol fanatics’ turn up at tombs with array of items they think reflect life of famous dead person; critics say trend ...

Digital humanities has become an integral component of China studies in the data age. According to Feng Huiling, director of ...

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