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Today, the same quarries that built Rome with their distinctive pock-marked travertine are still being dug out to build a new ...

In a remote region of China, thousands of ancient sculptures were carved into the face of a cliff—silent witnesses to a rich cultural and religious tradition. In this episode, we explore the history ...

China’s vocational training and labor transfer schemes are coercive instruments threatening the irreversible erasure of Tibetan identity.

Hinduism gained ground in the region in the early centuries of the Common Era because it provided elites with a fully-fleshed metaphysical package along with literacy. The eight-armed statue of the ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

Lunar New Year is a widely celebrated cultural and religious festival observed across Asia and worldwide. Marking the start ...

The record reveals dramatic swings. Three dry intervals brought less than 700 millimeters of rain per year, while two wet ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chinese team uncovered more than 150 different species between 2021 and 2024 (Han Zeng) (Han Zeng/AFP/AFP) Almost a hundred ...

A traditional Chinese mind-body practice that combines slow, structured movement, deep breathing and meditative focus lowered blood pressure as effectively as brisk walking in a large randomized ...