When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

Long before modern observatories and spacecraft, court scribes in ancient China were quietly building one of humanity’s first ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

Despite being a cornerstone of ancient Chinese culture, the art of incense fell out of everyday use as mass production and ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

"Some of our ancestors were very skilled observers." A team of international researchers say they've uncovered new data on ...

As an enthusiast of Chinese architecture, I've always wondered how to share its beauty with international audiences in a way ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A team of international researchers has uncovered fresh data on the world's earliest recorded solar eclipse using ancient ...

The only reason such a detailed eclipse record survives is that ancient Chinese scholars believed unusual celestial phenomena ...