China Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A well-preserved Palaeolithic site in northern China reveals a new and previously unidentified set of cultural innovations. When did populations of Homo sapiens
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists from the University of Zurich examined a unique leather scale armor from the grave of a horseman in northwest China. The style and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Referred to as China's Venice of the Stone Age, the Liangzhu excavation site in eastern China is considered one of the most significant
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Chinese Mythology
Paul Stonehill - AncientPages.com - Chinese and Japanese archaeologists claim they have discovered in China's southwestern province of Sichuan evidence of the fifth ancient civilization, Japan's Kyodo News
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Beer has been a popular beverage for as long as anyone can remember. Ancient people enjoyed beer just as much as many of
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Khara-Khoto ("black city" or "black water city") was inhabited by Tangut people and located about 200 miles north of the legendary Silk Highway
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The history of cosmetics goes far back in time and the use of beauty products has by means been restricted to women. Men
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Qijia culture remains a historical and archaeological puzzle. Its mysterious and sudden disappearance leaves us with many unanswered questions. What happened
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Chinese mythology, Qilin (Kirin) is one of the "Four Benevolent Animals, " including the tortoise, dragon, and phoenix. All four noble ones ruled
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered a temple complex dating back to the State of Nanzhao, a slave society established during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907),
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Chinese archeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement located only about eight km south of the famous Sanxingdui Ruins, in the city of Guanghan,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient tombs dating back around 2,000 years to the early days of the Han dynasty have been unearthed during excavation works at the
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Myths and legends from across the world reveal that ancient civilizations had a fascination with turtles, and the animal was considered sacred in many
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Myths and legends of Europe, the Americas, China, Japan, and India describe terrible bloodsuckers that may differ in power and individual characteristics. Still,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient people believed that there was no way out once you entered this place. A very long time ago, there were houses and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made an impressive discovery of nine beacon towers of the Great Wall located in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - After four months, the Scottish botanist Robert Fortune reached Shanghai, China. It was a hot September day in 1848, but he had no
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Goujian's sword, surprisingly rarely mentioned, belongs to the most valuable artifacts of the ancient world. Legends surround this weapon, and one of them
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - There is a mysterious ancient carving on a jade cylinder kept in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in the city of Hangzhou. The strange
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Featured Stories
David Tee - AncientPages.com - Xiahou Dun’s early life is not well recorded. Ziaghou Dun’s father was murdered, it is not known who the culprit was. It is
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In many Asian countries, people celebrate the Hungry Ghost festival in August. It’s an ancient tradition and a time when people make offerings
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Chinese Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lao Tzu (Laozi or Lao-tze), known as the Old Master, was an ancient Chinese philosopher, almighty sage, creator of Taoism and author of
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new study reports that ancient people in east Asia, were reshaping their skulls as early as 12,000 years ago. The so-called elongated
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Ancient History Facts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When was the yo-yo invented? Actually, the history of the yo-yo goes far back in time. The world has Pedro Flores to thank
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to the opinion of the majority of experts on the subject, the homeland of tea is China. A painting of ancient Chinese
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colorful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes. Two ancient textile samples from China and Peru
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Phurba is a triple-sided Tibetan ritual dagger. It has several functions, one of which is to restrain evil and harmful occult forces.
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The winged sun disk has been found in many cultures worldwide from very ancient times. As one of the oldest religious and solar symbols,
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - She was a tough warrior and one of the most highly regarded monarchs of the Shang Dynasty (ca 1600-1046 BC). This article is devoted
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Accompanied by a band of tough warriors, she came riding from the mountains in the south. The year was 284 A.D. and it was
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Chinese Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The beautiful ancient Chinese legend about the four dragons that disobeyed the Jade Emperor describes how four rivers in the country came into existence.
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Fascinating and mysterious underground Longyou Grottoes (also known as Longyou Caves) must have been some kind of an extraordinary man-made project of the ancient
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Ancient Technology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 727, the world's first mechanical clock was constructed by the Chinese Tantric Buddhist monk and mathematician Yixing (683-727). It was also an astronomical
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Ancient Mysteries
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Some of the stories we discuss in this article can be regarded either as pure myths or genuine sightings of advanced ancient technology. How
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Featured Stories
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Leonardo Da Vinci is often credited with the invention of the first parachute. However, although he was a brilliant scientist, he did not invent
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient kingdom of Chu flourished in China between around 1030 – 223 B.C. According to legends, the royal family of Chu descended
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This tapestry was unearthed during excavations in 1983/84 at an ancient burial site in the Tarim Basin's oasis settlement of Sampul (or Shanpula)
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - While excavating the massive tomb of the warrior queen Fu Hao archaeologists uncovered over 8700 precious objects. One of them caught our interest immediately.
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ming Tombs ("Ming Thirteen Mausoleums") is a collection of imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over forty square kilometers in Changping
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Rafael - AncientPages.com - In history, there were a lot of prominent swords used for battle. The Chinese also had a number of swords that became known due to
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Book of Changes - I Ching in Chinese is one of the most important ancient books ever written. The Book of Changes has
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While many cultures bury their dead out of sight beneath a commemorative headstone or a plaque, some societies in China, Indonesia and the Philippines
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