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 ...

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

An old, i.e., Shang dynasty, cast-in repair is visible on the lower portion of the side of the vessel without a handle. Label This jue, with its dramatically extended spout, is one of the most ancient ...

Early Chinese symbols and literature : vestiges and speculations, with particular reference to the ritual bronzes of the Shang dynasty ...