Who stole your motorcycle? Who has bewitched the kids? Spiders and crabs are still used to decode the past and read the ...

The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.

At 90, he maintains a heavy workload, burying himself relentlessly in decoding the mysteries of ancient Chinese civilization.

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.

Over 1,700 years ago, the ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, proposed an entirely different theory. He argued that it’s not life events that upset us, but our thoughts about them.

Its rich history and connection to the ancient Silk Road make it feel like a bridge between China and the Western world. I've always been drawn to places with deep historical roots, and Xinjiang ...

Compiled by the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, the book collects a series of important discourses by Xi on Chinese modernization. The book has previously been ...

Since February, Li has been posting videos on platforms like Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok), hoping to use social media to bring ancient books into the mainstream.

Credit: Dinghua Yang Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ecosystem recovery driven by stable climate conditions. A new ...

For ancient Greeks, snakes were guardians of wisdom, making them a fitting emblem for Asclepius, the healer god. Despite its ties to medicine, the Rod of Asclepius is often overshadowed by the ...

In Ancient Christianities, Paula Fredriksen pays a gracious tribute to the classic textbook by Henry Chadwick, The Early Church (1967), but makes it clear from the beginning that she is approaching ...