The Composite Map of the Ming Empire (Da Ming Hunyi Tu ... The fact that a single, unified Chinese polity during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) could harness its huge population within a territory ...

Du Huan of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), once captured by ... As for Menzies' theory that Zheng He's 1418 world map enabled Columbus and Magellan to reach the New World, Ge believes that ...

In China, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have declined over the past 1,400 years. Detailed surveys of its range […] ...

Fly-whisks are used ritually to fan temple idols and sacred objects such as the Sikh holy book in gurudwaras, and are a common motif across religions in Indian visual culture.

The cultural landscape is home to forty-one monasteries and includes the East Main Hall of Foguang Temple, the highest surviving timber building of the Tang dynasty, with life-size ... Plan for the ...

Not only was the game engine capable of humbling just about every other competitor for vehicle and scenery fidelity, it also built a heck of a world map. One round trip around the outer perimeter ...

The Star Manual of Master Shi is an ancient Chinese star catalog now claimed by astronomers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories (NAO) to be the oldest surviving star catalog globally.

As a result “The Richest Woman in the World” lathers the complexities of the true story into so much soap, an impression enhanced by Hichame Alouié’s glossy but flat camerawork. The visual ...

Phil Robertson, star of the popular television series Duck Dynasty, has died, his daughter-in-law revealed on Facebook. He was 79 years old. Robertson's passing comes after his battle with ...

designed to foster a love for Tang dynasty poetry. The Tang dynasty (618–907) is known as the golden age of Chinese literature. Its poems typically have eight lines of five or seven syllables ...