The glass globe featured lighting from inside and included a vintage wooden stand. When Bob Keller (Miami '73), the project manager, realized it was a celestial globe—a map of the stars—he tapped Ben ...

The Historical Records by Sima Qian, a famous historian of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220), reports that Yi Yin, the first famous prime minister in known Chinese history, helped Tang (the first ...

It was very exciting to be able to see it. We had been hearing so much about it on the news,” Lanouette said. ”We have seen ...

With the introduction of Buddhism into China after the Qin Dynasty, ancient bells gradually became important musical instruments for Buddhism. As the saying goes, "There are bells at every temple.

In 1999, New York Times journalist Nicholas D. Kristof reported a surprising encounter on a tiny African island called Pate, just off the coast of Kenya. Here, in a village of stone huts set ...

Zamcheck, Abraham and Chen, Cao 2023. Positioning the Chashou Roof Support in Chinese Architectural History . International Journal of Architectural Heritage, p. 1. Zhang, Yaguang Yu, Sitian and Zhang ...

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Comets that are visible to the naked eye are not common,” said Tim Brothers, the manager for the MIT Wallace Astrophysical ...

The original canal system, built by Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness. Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted ...

“像赵婷这样的人有更大的开拓空间。”《好莱坞中国制造》（“Hollywood Made in China”）的作者艾琳·科卡斯（Aynne Kokas）这样说。 对《无依之地》的 ...

Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

In ancient times, names were often inspired by celestial bodies and divine realms. The Chinese nickname for India reflects this heavenly connection between the two cultures. India was admired not ...