A new study by archaeologist Xingtao Wei and his colleagues, published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, ...

Located in a picturesque valley east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Taoping village in Lixian county, Sichuan province, is a land of idyllic beauty that boasts the marvelous heritage of one of China's ...

Well, it turns out the two are linked, with an ancient mummy having traces of the pandemic that once wiped out 50 million people. Typically, the bubonic plague is carried by rats and fleas, which were ...

Samples of the Black Death, which wiped out as many as 50 million people in medieval Europe, have been found in an ancient Egyptian mummy. The pandemic, also known as bubonic plague, spread ...

The Chinese nation does not have a genetic predisposition for invading others or seeking hegemony; rather, the quest for peace is the enduring aspiration of the Chinese people. The ancient Chinese ...

(Kyodo News via AP) Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, left, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, hold a talk at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024. (Kyodo News via ...

The Euronews Culture team has selected its People of the Year, both European and Global, in the fields of cinema, music, arts, literature, fashion and sport. We spent several weeks weighing ...

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the Uighur people migrated westward and merged with the Han people in the Turpan Basin, as well as with other ancient ethnic groups including the Yanqi people, Qiuci people, Khotan people ...

Here’s how it works. People today ring in the new year with parties, fireworks and Champagne toasts, but the ancient Egyptians also celebrated the new year and even had festivities by the ...