A new study maps locations of Chinese tombs, revealing over 4,000 years of power and wealth in early human societies.

Archaeologists working near Yulin in Shaanxi Province have recorded 573 ancient stone-walled fortress settlements. The Yulin ...

Among the highlights is a batch of digitized books donated by the Harvard-Yenching Library to the National Library of China ...

Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia ...

What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome? the oldest known writing dates to around 5000 BCE. It origins are mysterious ...

The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events.

In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.

Abstract: This paper proposes a computer-aided collaborative text recognition algorithm for Chinese ancient books, utilizing synergistic techniques in layout analysis and text recognition to ...

In this video, I show you how to write the Chinese character 王 (wáng), which means king and is also a common surname, using both a formal and casual style. I break down each stroke so you can follow ...

In this video, I demonstrate how to write the Chinese character 女 (nǚ), which means 'female.' I walk through both the formal and casual ways to write it, making it easy for beginners to follow along.