Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Thanks to International Museum Day, two major exhibitions spotlighting ancient Chinese and Syrian civilizations are opening ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

Shaolin monks practice martial arts at the Pagoda Forest of the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Central China's Henan Province.

Senior Chinese official Li Shulei has called for strengthened cooperation with Egypt in culture, tourism, media, publishing ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

How far back does Chinese civilization go? In this historical documentary, Kings and Generals explore the Shang and Zhou dynasties to trace the origins of one of the world’s oldest continuous cultures ...

The silk manuscripts, containing more than 900 Chinese characters, are the earliest examples of silk text discovered to date ...

"With more than 900 characters and rich in myth and numerology, the manuscript reflects the depth and endurance of Chinese civilization, having great significance to studying ancient Chinese ...

A special exhibition titled "The Light of Bronze: Ancient Shu Civilization" held at the Nea Smyrni Museum in Athens, offered Greek audiences a glimpse into the mysteries of ancient Chinese Shu culture ...