Richard Sears is renowned in China for his self-sponsored study of Chinese characters. [Photo provided to China Daily] In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American from the state of Tennessee, began ...

The 3,300-year-old Yinxu site, which is also known as the Yinxu Ruins, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006 and is the location of the remains of the ancient city of Yin, one of the ...

The oracle bone script character ‘女’ reveals the status of women at the time. First, they are depicted kneeling, with hands covering their chests. Adding two dots to the chest area transforms the ...

As the language with the longest written tradition, Greek holds a unique place in the history of languages in general and continues to influence modern culture, science, philosophy, and art. However, ...

Looking at my last few reviews, I see a Reese Witherspoon book club selection (“The Fine Art of Lying” by Alexandra Andrews), the most reviewed literary fiction of the season (“Transcription” by Ben ...

Scholars used China’s “oracle bones” to help decipher the collapse of the Shang dynasty. Combined with paleoclimate reconstructions, the team found an intense increase in typhoon activity helped shift ...

Oracle bones (known in Chinese as 甲骨, transliterated as ‘jiǎ gǔ’, and literally translated as ‘shells and bones’) are a type of artifact best known for its association with the Shang Dynasty (roughly ...

Strong fingers traced delicate lines, four ancient eyes blinked in mild astonishment, and the idea of a new form of communication began to grow. Just as Nu Wa breathed life into the first human beings ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. Check out last week’s roundup here. Song of the ...

Ancient Greek is among the oldest languages in the world. Credit: Maurice Flesier / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons Determining the exact “oldest” languages can be challenging as the origin of many ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. You can hear these songs in our ongoing Best ...

A Travis County jury convicted a 52-year-old man of Indecency with a Child by Exposure on Thursday, Dec. 4, the judge sentencing him to seven years in prison. Kevin Art Denmon was arrested on June 9, ...