Some rarely seen ancient tortoise shell oracle bones have been discovered from a graveyard of commoners' tombs from the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) in the Xi Xian New Area of Northwest China's Shaanxi ...

The earliest writing began to take shape in China way back in Neolithic times. The very first rudimentary symbols appeared on the earthenware of the Longshan Culture. These late Neolithic people are ...

Archaeologists claim that an oracle tortoise shell of the Tang Dynasty (618-917) they discovered in west China's Chongqing Municipality on Saturday extends China's history of oracle shell divination ...

An anonymous bidder paid the equivalent of $5.8 million at auction Sunday for a 3,000-year-old set of oracle bones, relics that Chinese rulers used to foretell the future, auctioneers said. The bones, ...

Oracle bone inscriptions have drawn the world's attention since their discovery back in 1899. For years, archaeologists and researchers have been fascinated by and dedicated to the mystery behind the ...

Four thousand years ago, in the city of Yin, the last capital of the Shang dynasty (a city whose name means vibrant music-making), people would write characters on ox bone or tortoise shell. They used ...

The oracle bone below was discovered in China over 100 years ago. At first, nobody knew what they were. Later, historians realised the words inscribed on them were questions and they were able to work ...