Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

Wall St. Insights Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions.  Chocolate was a big ...

The Ancient Greeks of China. Greek goddess Athena painted by Fred Henry Andrews for historian Aurel ... In the city of Niya (Jingjue) in 1906, Aurel Stein discovered a series of clay seals with ...

India has been called many names throughout history, but did you know that ancient China had its own unique nickname for India? Let’s uncover this lost name. India and China have shared profound ...

The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs were not engraved using a stylus but rather pressed onto the wet clay using molds or seals in a kind of ancient typesetting. One of the great ...

One of them has been around for centuries: writing riddles on the sides of lanterns ... According to Pak, the Chinese have been celebrating the yearly autumn harvest since the Shang dynasty ...

The United States has returned to Iran more than 1,000 clay tablets dating from the Achaemenid-era ... the repatriated tablets reflect how the ancient society was organised and its economy managed.

HONG KONG — When the 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman was excavated in northwestern China two decades ago ... hat and the cheese that laced her body. Ancient burial practices often ...

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Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

Ale believes that mastering a language is key to connecting with people, which is why learning Chinese became important to him. He adds that writing in Chinese has proved a significant part of his ...

Long before the first printed books, there were creative individuals who invented clever ways to keep records and tell ...