Combining the writing on the bones with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found how typhoon activity helped shift the ...

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...

Inscriptions carved into animal bones more than 3,000 years ago by Shang dynasty diviners contain direct evidence of ...

While dating back 3,000 years, no one recognized how special the oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty were until 1899. Yet the antiquarian who first perceived the value of the artifacts, etched with ...

Ancient artifacts offer some of the earliest insight we have into events such as lunar eclipses of the distant past, but for the most part, only experts have access to them. Thanks to 3D printing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A rubbing (left) of a ...

Priceless objects scanned with hospital technology more commonly used for surgery. Priceless objects scanned with hospital technology more commonly used for surgery. The earliest-known example of ...

Copies of some of the oldest artifacts in Chinese history will be on display at the annual Chinese American Community Center’s Chinese festival in Hockessin. Replicas of the original “Oracle Bones,” ...