The huge country that's world's biggest gold producer - 380 metric tonnes a year
Gold was originally highly prized for its decorative value, used in jewellery and ornamentation by many ancient peoples ...
A show of Chinese bronzes at the Met will help you think in centuries
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
China Daily3d
Shanxi promotes rich traditional culture
The Shanxi delegation proposed the creation of a Demonstration Zone for the Inheritance and Transformation of Chinese ...
China Daily Global Edition5d
China's aesthetic of bronze in spotlight at NYC exhibition
The Minneapolis Institute of Art, or MIA, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, brought a collection of ancient Chinese bronzes to the ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
Tempo.co English5d
10 Forbidden Places in the World, from Snake Island to France's Ancient Cave
These ten forbidden places in the world are scattered across different countries, not to be visited for reasons of security ...
Chip Chick on MSN6d
A Rare Statue Was Uncovered Among The Ancient Terracotta Army In The Tomb Of A Chinese Emperor
A rare decorated statue was uncovered among the “terracotta army” in the tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor Qin Shi […] ...
Greek Reporter6d
The Cosmos of Ancient Greece’s Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.