A prehistoric site in Jiangsu, China, sheds new light on early life around Taihu Lake and helps trace the roots of the ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

Imagine a world without written records — no books, no laws, no way to document discoveries or communicate ideas across ...

Spices, ancient treasures of human civilization, have shaped history from currency to royalty and medicine. Traces of their ...

Scientists and historians from around the world are gathering in Uzbekistan for a major congress on spiritual heritage and enlightenment in Central Asia, starting today (Thursday).

As a journalist who has long been engaged in reporting China's place in the world, what concerns me most about this ...

This essay argues that the antisemitism rising among a cohort of disconnected young men on the right is primarily a spiritual ...

India is often called the world’s oldest country with a 10,000-year-old civilisation, but new research points to an even ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by ...