Scientists have confirmed that the pigment used is cinnabar, a valuable mineral historically linked to religious rituals, art ...
The Silk Road's history took a sudden turn after archaeologists discovered a series of hidden cities beneath Uzbekistan's ...
A team of archaeologists in Xinjiang, China, has unearthed an extraordinary piece of history—a set of human teeth intentionally painted ...
The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise ...
Watatsumi Shrine completely bans all tourists, both international and domestic, following repeated disrespectful behaviour.
The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...
A COMPARISON OF BUDDHIST AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY’ Prof. Asoka Amaratunga is well known to the readers of The Island by his ...
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Fashion designer Hayden Ng visited Chengdu in 2024 to take part in the Silk Road International Fashion Week. Read more at ...
Studio City, located in Macau's Cotai district, recently introduced Macao’s first rooftop skate park – the “Studio City Sk8te ...
Leitai Han Tomb in Wuwei, a 15th-century shrine dedicated to the God of Thunder, sits right atop a tomb dated to around the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries. COURTESY OF GANSU PROVINCIAL MUSEUM AND ...