The Persian empire, once home to powerful civilizations – Elamites, Kassites, Mannaeans, Gutians – Iran is considered one of ...

Originating around 800 BCE with the polis city-state system, Greece is the birthplace of Athens, Sparta, philosophy, democracy, and the Olympic Games. Dating back to around 1500 BCE during the Vedic ...

Guyuan, sitting at the foothills of the Liupan Mountains south of Ningxia, was an intersection for agrarian and nomadic ...

In the film, Pu unexpectedly falls into an abandoned well in an ancient temple where he meets two celestial beings — a frog ...