Bronze Age pottery unearthed in northwest China has revealed the secret to making red rice wine that was ceremonially consumed in the region in the second millennium BC. Previous research has ...

The quality of the preservation was such that his mortal remains emitted a pleasant fragrance 800 years after his entombment.

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events. One such description is that of the Star of Bethlehem—a bright ...

Yinxu - known as the last capital of the Shang - is one of China’s most important archaeological sites, famous for oracle bone inscriptions and monumental burials. The new pits add another layer: not ...

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Deep beneath the surface of Qiandao Lake, an ancient metropolis remains frozen in time, untouched by centuries of decay.

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The famed star of Bethlehem may have been less miracle and more rare celestial alignment, according to a new study tying it to a comet recorded in ancient China. Researchers writing in the Journal of ...

11:27, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 Updated: 11:49, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 China’s president, Xi Jinping used his annual New Year’s Eve speech to vow to reunify his country with Taiwan. His comments came as the ...

Japan is a destination that reveals itself in tiny meditations. You see it in the graceful whisks of powdered matcha at a tea ceremony. Though the reverent bows while entering a forest shrine. And in ...