Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to ...

A leading academic has highlighted China's rich mathematical history, including a startling fact about a well-known theorem ...

Appreciating the complexity of Chinese belief systesm is crucial to understanding the forces that helped shape China. Two practices that extend from these ancient dynasties to ... bones or ...

Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of China’s Shang dynasty (occupied ca. 1250 BCE–ca. 1050 BCE). This exhibition ...

For a long time before the 20th century, the Chinese used animal fossils as medicine, referring to such bones as long gu, or “dragon bones”. According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM ...

XU LIN/CHINA DAILY While several expats are admiring the intricate animal patterns on an ancient Chinese bronze object ...

Archaeological excavations have shown that seals have been used in China since the later period of the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) and were commonly used in many ancient ...

Wang and other scholars deciphered the symbols and realised that they dated back to the Shang dynasty ... Chinese language to ...

The heaviest lantern in the history of Longleat’s Festival of Light (Image: Longleat) Daisy Mercedes, who has coordinated this year’s event at Longleat, said: "The Dings were used in Chinese Primitive ...