The finless porpoises used to live across the entire Yangtze River, which stretches from the Tibetan Plateau to the East China Sea. Now, there are fewer than 1,800 individuals left in the wild.

The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse into the way ancient Babylonians viewed their world. Carved onto a clay tablet around the 5th century BCE, it was uncovered in ...

According to historical records, after Zhang Qian opened the ancient Silk Road across the Kunlun Mountains, Emperor Wu also chartered Kunlun as the origin of the Yellow River, which is more widely ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

The ancient city, uncovered in January along the north bank of the Kongque River, sat in the depths of the desert, 57.5km to the west of an ancient city of the Loulan Kingdom that Swedish explorer ...

World Treasure-filled tombs — 12,000 years old — exposed by drought in China, photos show By Aspen Pflughoeft March 17, 2023 10:11 AM ...