20+ hour, 29+ min ago   (678+ words) Researchers studying fallen Huashan rock art fragments found a lime-and-blood binder around red pigment. The possible link to childbirth remains an interpretation, not chemical proof. How did the Huashan rock art survive for roughly 2,000 years on limestone cliffs exposed to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (363+ words) Archaeologists have unearthed a rare collection of Denisovan fossils and over 1,300 stone tools at a cave site in southwestern China, providing unprecedented insights into the daily lives of the enigmatic ancient human species. The discoveries at Bianfu Cave in Yunnan…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (242+ words) Few things survive the test of time, especially for nearly 2,000 years. But despite enduring rain, heat, wind, and humidity, this vibrant red rock art painted across the limestone cliffs of southern China has remained remarkably intact. Published in the September…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (407+ words) YOU NEVER quite know what you'll find at a car boot sale — but even seasoned collector Jim Isted wasn't expecting to come home with what looks to be a centuries-old Chinese artefact. The Isle of Wight fossil hunter is known…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (412+ words) image: The geographical location of the Bianfu Cave and the morphology of the two human teeth and three newly discovered Denisovan bones. view more Credit: Image by IVPP Scientists recently discovered various Denisovan remains in Southwest China dating back to…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (85+ words) news.cgtn.com Porcelain legacy: Jingdezhen's bridge to the world Jingdezhen's time‑honored porcelain intangible heritage tells the multi‑faceted story of porcelain. It brings to life age‑old craft skills kept alive by cultural inheritors, alongside cutting‑edge scientific…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1022+ words) Long before modern skyscrapers, medieval megacities housed up to a million people, boasting wide avenues, complex aqueducts, and bustling markets. Angkor was once the jewel of the Khmer Empire in present-day Cambodia. The city in the middle of the jungle…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (292+ words) The collection began when Shōji Hayama encountered a rock whose fossilized shells looked uncannily like a face. He took it as a sign, and began collecting more. Eventually he had thousands, leading to the museum's opening in 1990. His daughter later…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (123+ words) A field catalogue cover for Han dynasty pictorial stones: a semi-transparent stone-relief rubbing with archival notes. Changes the stone tones from pale vermilion to pale ochre, keeping the rest. Changes the archive number from YSWK-026 to YSWK-032, keeping the rest....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (681+ words) Players stuck in The Blood of Dawnwalker’s “Echoes of Silenced Bells” side quest have a shortcut through its zombie-infested convent: a set of Monastery Keys hanging inside a small shed near the dormitories. Grabbing them early opens several locked doors…...