Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Periods of peace and wealth allowed people to invest more in the afterlife, leaving behind a lasting record of cultural and ...

The apparent contradiction begins immediately, with the book’s title: “Healing with Poisons.” But in this sweeping examination of poison’s role in medieval Chinese medicine, Yan Liu, assistant ...

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The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has been chosen as Africa’s official home for one of China’s most significant cultural ...

Digital reconstruction of a partially crushed skull suggests new insight into Homo sapiens’ evolutionary relationship to Denisovans and Neandertals.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The apparent contradiction begins immediately, with the book’s title: “Healing with Poisons.” But in this sweeping examination of poison’s role in medieval Chinese medicine, Yan Liu, ...