Chen Nan draws a design manuscript at his studio in Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Li An) Move, words of the ancient! Chen Nan, a professor who has been in ...

Oracle bones. Bronze. Jade. Ancient cities. In the Yinxu Ruins, every artifact traces the roots of Chinese civilization. Step ...

In recent years, research into oracles bones, used to divine the future during China’s Shang dynasty, has fizzled out. The main reason is that researchers cannot decipher the characters cut into the ...

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...

In 1922, during his studies in the US, Li Ji, known as "the Father of Chinese Archaeology" in his later years, gave quite a strong opinion in terms of "the difference between alphabet and ...

China's oracle bone scripts, an ancient type of Chinese characters inscribed on animal bones or turtle shells, have successfully entered the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, according to the ...

An art piece on display at the exhibition White Holes: The Mysteries and Modern Perceptions of Oracle Bone Script at 798 Cube Art Museum in Beijing's 798 Art Zone. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspected the Yinxu Ruins, the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), in Anyang, Central China's ...

Oracle bone inscriptions have drawn the world's attention since their discovery back in 1899. For years, archaeologists and researchers have been fascinated by and dedicated to the mystery behind the ...

China's social media communicators have traveled back in time to create their latest emoji incarnations. Two new sets of emojis draw their inspiration from the Chinese oracle bone script, which dates ...