During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

Many ingredients, like agarwood, clove, and sandalwood, were selected for their therapeutic effects. Sandalwood, for instance ...

Luxor Temple used to be the main venue for ancient Egyptian religious celebrations. [Photo provided to China Daily] Currently, there are 22 to 30 flights per week between China and Egypt.

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...

That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite ...

Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate? Ancient Egyptians made an early ...

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, also called Borametz and Polypodium Borametz, or “Chinese polypody,” is a plant shaped like a ...

The inaugural World Conference of Classics, jointly launched by China and Greece, themed "Classical Civilizations and the ...

'Water is the principle, the first of all things," said Thales of Miletus, who lived between 624 and 546 BC and is regarded ...

A Chinese rover has found new evidence to support the theory that Mars was once home to a vast ocean, including tracing some ancient coastline where water may once have lapped, a study said Thursday.