The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning ...

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COTONOU, Benin — In a modest yet vibrant martial arts club in Akpro-Misserete, a town some 40 kilometers northeast of Benin's ...

Nearly a millennium after his death, the legacy of Su Shi, China's beloved writer, statesman and gastronome, continues to ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women gathered to play a game ... Thus, during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), the game had already become part of daily ...

She added, "Through the vivid and intriguing bamboo slips, the ancient foodies from 2,000 years ago came to life before my eyes ... as reported by China Daily. She noted that cooking duration ...

Across China's vast county-level regions ... spreading the county's vibrant local life even further. Chasing youthful dreams in ancient town With the rise of local influencers in county regions ...

blending conservation with daily life. China now manages 59 UNESCO World Heritage sites, the second-highest total worldwide, just behind Italy, which has 60. This photo taken on March 23, 2025 shows a ...

People visit the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan province. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/People's Daily Online ... the museum's ability to bring the story of the ancient Shu people ...