[Photo provided to China Daily] A batch of ancient Chinese silk manuscript fragments, believed to be older than the Dead Sea Scrolls, are returning to China after a handover ceremony at the US ...

Shexian county in East China's Anhui province started construction in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC). Famed for Hui-style horse-head walls (Hui means Huizhou, the ancient geographic notion of parts ...

Among the most incredible places are the iconic Great Wall of China, a monumental feat of ancient engineering stretching thousands of miles through mountains and deserts, offering breathtaking ...

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An earthquake in Croatia led to a chain of events that helped archaeologists recently discover an ancient Roman theater, officials say. Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media announced the find ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...

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"This kind of clothing is gorgeous," she marveled. "It brings you back to ancient times. Chinese culture is fascinating." Hanfu, the traditional attire of China, has evolved over the centuries and in ...

Geologists have found that an ancient meteorite hit Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought, which has massive implications for the geological history of the region and some of ...

Many ancient and modern pagan traditions, far from glorifying domination, emphasize reverence for nature, communal rituals, humility and the interdependence of all life. To equate all paganism ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, has deaccessioned from its collection fragments of contested ancient Chinese ... of pre-imperial China, were transferred ...