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1. Band Posters of the Renaissance: How Medieval Music Fans Showed off Their Taste

   ... from Ancient Manuscript The Mysterious Lithophones of Vietnam: Descendants of the First Musical Instruments? ...

   ancient-origins - 27/05/2017 - 23:03

2. The Legend of Zhuge Liang Seeking a Wife

   ... figure of Resistance Against Patriarchy and the Enemies of Vietnam Zhuge Liang ( 諸葛亮) Temple of Marquis Wu, Baoji, ...

   ancient-origins - 08/05/2018 - 01:57

3. What Does Alexander the Great Have to Do with Buddhist Imagery?

   ... - like China, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Siberia, and Vietnam. Indo-Greek territory. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) The most ...

   Natalia Klimczak - 04/02/2016 - 03:45

4. Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago Really Worked!

   ... from four different real-life earthquakes in China and Vietnam. The seismoscope detected all of them. As a matter of ...

   Joanna Gillan - 09/09/2019 - 20:10

5. A Golden Age of China, Part I: Early Han Dynasty Emperors

   ... Emperor Wu expanded the borders of China to the north of Vietnam in the south, to the Korean Peninsula in the east, ...

   dhwty - 15/05/2018 - 01:59

6. The Sui Dynasty: 37 Years, Two Emperors and One Grand Canal

   The Sui Dynasty may not have existed very long, but this imperial dynasty made an impact on Chinese culture long after the memories of its rulers faded away. Peasants were both delighted with and repulsed by the actions of the two emperors who reigned in this dynasty. Some of the projects set out by the rulers continue to live on today, reminding tourists and Chinese citizens about the highlights of the dynasty.

   dhwty - 25/05/2018 - 01:52

7. Researcher Shows Northern Lights May Have Led to Titanic Sinking

   ... dozens of sea mines suddenly exploded off the coast of Vietnam—space weather is believed to have been the ...

   Ed Whelan - 17/09/2020 - 21:51

8. Prison Hulks, Devil Dogs and Smuggling on Deadman's Island

   Deadman's Island is located near the town of Queenborough, on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. The uninhabited mudbank island, measuring 1200 by 200 meters (3937 by 656 feet), is home to marshlands and sandbanks.

   B. B. Wagner - 29/08/2020 - 22:53

9. Kublai Khan: Mongol Warrior, Horseman, Hunter and Powerful Emperor

   Kublai Khan is perhaps best known for his establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, and may be considered as one of China’s most famous emperors. Kublai Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. To the Chinese people of that time, the Mongols, who enjoyed a way of life that was much different from theirs, were viewed as uncivilized barbarians.

   dhwty - 25/10/2018 - 21:11

10. Execution by Elephant: A Gory Method of Capital Punishment

    ... them to death. In the Kingdom of Cochinchina (southern Vietnam), on the other hand, criminals were tied to a stake, ...

    dhwty - 15/12/2015 - 03:52

11. 8,000-Year-Old Lacquerware Dug Up in Eastern China is Oldest Ever Found

    ... in China were eagerly sought by buyers in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, and elsewhere in the region. Lacquering ...

    Nathan Falde - 11/07/2021 - 17:59

12. Oldest Known Cremation in The Near East, From 7000 BC

    Archaeologists have unearthed parts of a nine thousand-year-old individual’s body in Israel who was burned or cremated in a ritualistic way. This discovery has established a new milestone for the oldest known cremation ever found in the Near East.

    ashley cowie - 13/08/2020 - 15:02

13. Green-Boned Baby Clasps A Copper Ticket to The Afterlife

    ... in modern times we see several applications. During the Vietnam war, leaving a penny on a soldier’s grave meant ...

    ashley cowie - 27/05/2018 - 13:56

14. 3: The Perfect Number - Trinity Symbolism in World Religious Traditions

    “In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit...”

    Marie D. Jones and Larry Flaxman - 22/09/2021 - 01:57

15. Featured in Dozens of Operas, Films, TV Series and Books, What Makes the Legend of the White Snake so Compelling?

    ... and many other surrounding countries like Japan, Korea, Vietnam and even parts of India. It is easily one of the ...

    dhwty - 30/01/2017 - 01:58

16. ‘Shape-shifter’ Slaughtered in Sumatra in the Form of a Tiger!

    ... in tiger parts, in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam and in Chinatowns across Europe and North America, ...

    ashley cowie - 12/03/2018 - 12:57

17. Ancient shipwrecks, thousands of years old, may rewrite the history of South East Asia

    ... at that time was the Khmer Funan kingdom in what is now Vietnam. The region is known to also have traded with China ...

    Robin Whitlock - 03/09/2015 - 15:16

18. Journeys to the Underworld – From Ancient Greece to Hollywood

    ... Apocalypse Now (1979), which conveyed the horrors of the Vietnam war through a nightmarish journey up the river Styx. ...

    ancient-origins - 30/09/2017 - 01:50

19. 1,400-Year-Old Chinese Tomb Provides Clues to Sui Dynasty Culture

    During excavations at Anyang, a city in central China’s Henan province, archaeologists from the Anyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology discovered

    Nathan Falde - 08/01/2021 - 17:51

20. The Dramatic True Story Behind Disney's Mulan

    ... figure of Resistance Against Patriarchy and the Enemies of Vietnam Mulan in the Modern World The legend of Hua Mulan ...

    Natalia Klimczak - 29/05/2020 - 16:38

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