A visitor feels the glaze of a porcelain shard that has a history of about 580 years. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] This ...

History is full of surprises, and some discoveries challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. The ...

The timeless fairy tale of Bai She Zhuan, The Legend of the White Snake, has been retold in a variety of art forms.

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...