Among the most exciting finds is a ring-shaped jade dragon with a slit, a signature artifact of the Hongshan culture. "It was ...

Xiao Dong is among a rising wave of young Chinese travelers who are choosing to bypass established mega aviation hubs such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Instead, they are opting to set off from ...

Human eyes are as individual as fingerprints. Like those of a living person, the eyes of this ceramic figurine discovered recently at the site of Xanab Chak in the Puuc region of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

The beliefs of women and children who lived in the classical world can be difficult to access. Much of the work women traditionally did left relatively little evidence behind—loom weights and cooking ...

On a recent biting winter afternoon, the departure hall at Datong Yungang International Airport in north China’s Shanxi Province was abuzz with travelers. Xiao Dong (pseudonym), a university student ...