Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to archaeologists, a fortune teller would carve a question into the bone with ...

Before the invention of paper, ancient Chinese recorded important texts on various materials such as tortoise shells, animal ...

With the news that dinosaur fossils were found in Hong Kong, here is how China's oracle bones changed our understanding of ...

“Powerful.” “Mysterious.” “Bloody.” Those are the words that tend to come to mind when Chinese are asked about the Shang — an ancient dynasty that ruled China’s Central Plains for over 500 years until ...

who does research into Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, agrees. "I've read about all these places, but it's the first time to see ...

Each tiny pile represented a shot in the dark: the remains of an exploratory dig for signs of China’s oldest archaeologically attested dynasty. Beneath our feet lies Yinxu, the last capital of the ...

In Nineveh, the Assyrian capital in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, the king built a magnificent palace known as the North Palace. He ...

Over 400 foreign experts from 30 countries will participate in the first World Conference of Classics that is set to be held ...

Archaeological excavations have shown that seals have been used in China since the later period of the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th ...

The appeal of platinum as an investment asset is being increasingly recognised by Chinese investors, which is resulting in ...

The bamboo and wooden slips, known as jiandu in Chinese, were typically bound together with silk or hemp ropes. These slips covered a wide array of fields, such as history, archaeology, and ...