A metal detectorist uncovered a rare 19th-century Japanese coin at an Australian Gold Rush campsite near Ballarat, calling ...
Ten years ago, the university adopted its motto: "In knowledge and in deeds, unto the whole person," aiming to cultivate ...
A new study involving researchers from Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences has finally solved the mystery of what caused ...
They discover that ancient Go game pieces were fired at over 1200 °C using advanced engraving and carburization techniques.
When archaeologists discuss ancient Chinese civilization, the conversation typically gravitates toward the famous Shang, Qin, ...
A statement issued by the museum said that the Indian government has agreed to place one of the sculptures on long-term loan, ...
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Writers in the Tang period described “golden armor,” but archaeologists had not previously had a physical example to examine. That gap is what makes this restoration notable: the conservation work ...
A Look at Song–Qing Dynasty Bronzes at Shanghai Museum East Branch explores 178 bronze pieces from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, drawn from collections across Asia, Europe, and North ...
Bronze Age pottery unearthed in northwest China has revealed the secret to making red rice wine that was ceremonially consumed in the region in the second millennium BC. Previous research has ...
The ongoing exhibition shows jade objects of fine workmanship including a deer (above left) and one crafted to resemble yue (above right), a type of axe-like weapon, both from the Western Zhou Dynasty ...
Long before the Black Death killed millions across Europe in the Middle Ages, an earlier, more elusive version of the plague spread across much of Eurasia. For years, scientists were unsure how the ...