Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

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The core of future protection lies in treating the cypress as an irreplaceable piece of cultural and natural heritage, says ...

Infrared scans of newly studied slips from the Marquis of Haihun tomb have confirmed the first known complete version of The ...

There may be a room with the rarest books in the world somewhere under Moscow. We are discussing ancient Chinese texts. Lost ...

The 'Book of Songs,' inscribed on bamboo slips, was China’s most famous literary work and had now been found in its complete ...

Friends and family visiting Houston during the holiday season will find art openings that appeal to every taste. Classic art ...

This imaginative idea has become a reality thanks to Maodou (pseudonym), a young Chinese vlogger with more than a million ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered the first complete Book of Songs, a Confucian classic written on bamboo slips from ...

Opened to the public on Nov 1 in Taiyuan, Shanxi, the ancient architecture and digital art exhibition, Black Myth: Wukong ...

The Poppy War is R. F. Kuang’s 2018 debut fantasy novel, and the first installment of The Poppy War trilogy. It is an incredible effort, given that it was not o ...

The “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.