Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, this area housed barrel-makers employed by Shen Wansan, Jiangnan's richest merchant.

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

With the world awash in stress and anxiety, nature can be the perfect spring antidote. One good way to soothe the brain is ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla continued the royal tradition of distributing Maundy money ahead of Easter, after the monarch ...

Their research was based on, not DNA, but a series of techniques collectively called ancient protein analysis, or paleoproteomics. This process involves extracting proteins from the bone and tooth ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to ...

In a bid to revive India’s rich but often overlooked legacy of native spirits, South Seas Distilleries has launched Six Brothers Mahura, a premium liquor crafted entirely from the flowers of the ...

The Flower Box offers floral arrangements ... “I just love making people happy,” O’Neill said. “Flowers are ancient. They’ve been around forever and they’ve always told a story.” ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

Once thought extinct, real-life dire wolves—famous from Game of ... The mythic creatures that roamed Westeros and ancient Earth alike are no longer just a memory. In a remarkable feat of genetic ...

In a stunning breakthrough, scientists at US-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences have claimed to resurrect a long-extinct species once feared across ancient ... back to life, more than 12,000 ...