Chinese Zhusuan, the knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus, was inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s ...

For this series, we've been thinking a lot about some of the iconic objects that some of us remember using — if only for a short period of time — in our early schooling. Slide rules, the recorder, ...

Zhusuan, the Chinese traditional method of calculations using the abacus, has been added to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

Editor's note: Chinese Zhusuan refers to the knowledge and practice of performing arithmetic calculations using an abacus. It was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013, becoming ...

Click to open image viewer. This abacus fits in a black wooden box with a wooden cross piece. Eleven parallel bamboo rods carry seven beads each. Two beads are above the cross piece, five below. The ...

LOS ANGELES, March 1 (Xinhua) -- When the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for its 90th Oscar awards to be given on March 4, their line-up for Best Documentary ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This instrument sits in a rosewood ...

Chinese Zhusuan, the knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus, was inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s ...