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A relative of modern humans that lived at least 104,000 years ago in northern China showed evidence of dental growth and development very similar to that of people today, a new study found. Continue reading “An ancient relative of humans shows a surprisingly modern trait”
Excavations in central China have yielded evidence of early craniotomy more than 3,000 years ago, shedding light on medical treatments at the time. Continue reading “Findings in China yield evidence of early medical treatments”
Here we bring to our readers’ knowledge the very interesting paper “Hellenistic Information in China” by Yang, Juping. Continue reading “Hellenistic Information in China”
Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) was a scholar who carried our four expeditions to Chinese Central Asia. Throughout these expeditions he surveyed, photographed, and conducted excavations. In 1913 Marc Aurel Stein was granted funding for his third expedition. His route for this expedition was based on his experiences during his 1906-1908 expedition. Thus on a cold December morning he returned to the Niya Site. His plan was to explore the ancient river bed and the surrounding ruins in greater detail. Continue reading “The 1700 Year Old Vineyard of the Niya Site in China”
By Samuel Lieu
The destruction of the Hephthalite Empire in Transoxiana by the combined forces of the Shahanshah Khusrau Anushirvan and the Western Turks in the sixth century (c. A.D. 557) was an event of great significance to the history of China’s trade and diplomatic contacts with the western empires of Iran and Byzantium. Continue reading “Byzantium, Persia and China: Interstate relations on the eve of the Islamic conquest”
By Richard Stephenson
Builders putting in foundations for a primary school on the campus of
Jiaotong University in the Chinese city of Xian in 1987 called in archaeologists:
they had stumbled across an ancient tomb. No Terracotta Army greeted them
– the tomb had been looted twice already in antiquity. Continue reading “Stargazers of the Orient: A remarkable map of the stars has survived more than 2000 years to give us a picture of how Chinese astromomers saw the sky”
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