Amputation Found to be Elite Punishment in 550 BC
A team of researchers recently completed a study into the origins of two ancient skeletons from China that were both missing parts of their lower leg at the time they were buried. Based on extensive analysis of these human remains, the researchers concluded …
Oracle bone The Trustees of the British Museum
Oracle bone The Trustees of the British Museum (Copyright) Oracle Bones (also known as Dragon’s Bones) were the shoulder blades of oxen or plastrons of turtles (the flat, underside of the turtle’s shell) which were used in the Shang Dynasty of China (c. …
China is about to open 15 ancient tombs to visitors
Ancient tombs in mausoleum museum in Xinjiang. Photo: Kuqa Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Global Times reported that the first underground mausoleum museum in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region is scheduled to open in April. Bao…
Ronaldo causes a storm with his ‘top-notch’ chopstick skills
Ronaldo uses chopsticks to skewer food – Source: CGTN Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates at Al Nassr Club were invited to attend the party at the Glory Soccer Tour event. But instead of using chopsticks to pick it up, CR7 humorously skewered the food. After that, the Portuguese superstar…
Calls for British Museum to return treasures to China after hundreds of artefacts stolen
Chinese state media has called for the return of its artefacts from the British Museum “free of charge” in the wake of the theft scandal . It comes after revelations that more than 1,500 priceless objects have gone missing from the Bloomsbury institution …
Archaeological discoveries “unexplained” until now
These are all archaeological sites that have caused much surprise in human history because up to now, the scientific community is still “scratching their heads” looking for answers about their appearance. Surely we are no strangers to ancient Egypt with its Pyramids and…
China: Super scary “Jurassic vampire” revealed
Fossils of two lampreys that lived at the same time as dinosaurs were found by Chinese scientists in an excellent state of preservation. One of the two specimens is 64.2 cm long, the largest lamprey fossil ever found. The fish looks…
Discovering Hunan – Liye Qin Slips: “Reviving” Qin History
Chinese historians have long assumed that under China’s earliest imperial rulers, the Qin (221–206 B.C.) and Han (206 B.C.–A.D. 220) Dynasties, farmers turned over a fixed amount of their crops to the state as a land tax. In recent years, the discovery …