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Over the last 540 million years, the Earth has weathered three major ice ages — periods during which …

Zhouyi, which is believed to be the oldest text and is named after the Zhou Dynasty, was among …

A new wallaby-sized herbivorous dinosaur has been identified from five fossilized upper jaws in 125 million-year-old rocks from …

In China’s history, there have emerged many legendary figures. Yet it’s hard to find one that compares with …

Chinese porcelain has been a valued object throughout history and was a major export item of China in …

In Turkey, the government is building a dam that threatens to destroy a settlement with a history that …

A peculiar mountain, the Banping Mountain sits at the junction of Zuoying District and Nanzi District of Kaohsiung …

Plimpton 332, an ancient Babylonian tablet, has always been an object of fascination for archaeologists since its contents …

China’s attempt at using Confucius Institutes to expand its communist influence in the U.S. received a huge backlash …

The sea bed in the deep ocean during the Cambrian period was thought to have been inhospitable to …