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Astonishing new archaeological finds and ancient DNA analysis leave no doubt that throughout prehistory women were rulers, ...
Rusty Axe Brewing Company, a proud part of downtown Lufkin’s growing craft beer scene, brought home two prestigious medals from the Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival and Competition held Friday night ...
Christie’s, a world-leading art and luxury business, is set to auction China’s national treasure-class artifacts in June to support an ambitious Himalayan project.
"The Shang Dynasty was the peak of China's bronze civilization, with exquisitely crafted and diverse bronze ware that reflects the highly developed handicraft industry of the time," Liu noted.
A piece of bronzeware unearthed in China in 2010 has finally been opened. The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...
Oracle bones predating the Shang Dynasty have also been found, and in 2003, some archaeologists said they'd found "Neolithic oracle bones" from up to 8,600 years ago.
Yinxu, the capital of the Late Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), is China’s archaeological holy land. Since the identification of oracle bones near what is today the city of Anyang at the turn of the ...
Chinese characters have more than 3,000 years of history and have influenced writing in Korea and Vietnam.
Thousands of gold, bronze relics uncovered as China’s Sanxingdui ruins reveal more secrets Bronze items buried under hundreds of elephant tusks in attempt to ‘fully conceal’, paper by ...
Watch Marvin Sokolow appraise a fake Shang Dynasty "You" bronze, ca. 1900, in Vintage Atlantic City, Hour 1. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.
Testing conducted on the bronze Lion of Venice that stands in St. Mark's Square shows it originates from copper ore deposits in China.