One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains the ...

Archaeologists have identified what caused unusual red dye marks on the remains of a young woman who lived 2,200 years ago in ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

The howling of wind and pounding of hooves, the battle cries and clinking of cold glistening sword, the solemn chanting of ...

Loaded with Chinese silk, porcelain, and lacquerware ... to expand their influence beyond India and Africa. Here was one of history's great turning points. Had the Chinese emperors continued ...

China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he? Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Rediscovering ...

Luxurious, beautiful and enduring, silk is almost synonymous with the land that first produced it over four thousand years ago and monopolised it for so long - ancient China. Long before the Roman ...

The Silk of Virtue Exhibition represents more than just an art showcase; it stands as a bridge between cultures, connecting ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains ...

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