Half a century ago, farmers digging a simple well in China’s Shaanxi province struck something that later astonished the world—a clay soldier standing guard in silence. That lone statue turned out to ...

Catalog of an exhibition at San Diego Museum of Art, 1999. RINGING THUNDER : TOMB TREASURES FROM ANCIENT CHINA : SELECTIONS OF EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY MATERIAL FROM THE HUBEI PROVINCIAL MUSEUM PEOPLES ...

What Happened to 7 Wonders of The Ancient World? The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were magnificent examples of ancient architecture that fascinated historians and travelers alike. They ...

Introduction -- Sahibs in the desert -- Accumulating culture -- Gentlemen of empire -- The priceless nation -- Rise of the apprentices -- Foreign devils begone -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- ...

Venice’s famous bronze statue of a winged lion, which stands atop a pedestal in St. Mark’s Square, took an intercontinental trip to Italy. This symbol of medieval Venetian statehood started out as a ...

Using cutting-edge DNA analysis, scientists have uncovered the true identity of an ancient human relative nicknamed the "Dragon Man." The mystery began with a giant, human-like skull discovered by a ...

Tao Yuanming (365-427) — a paradigm of the recluse and cultural paragon of ancient China — famously played a stringless qin, ...