A Chinese research team has fully restored a 1,600-year-old romantic poetry scroll with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), showcasing how centuries-old art can be given a digital rebirth and ...
Within the walls of the Forbidden City, the Neijinshui (Inner Golden Water) River winds its way, bearing witness to the ...
Illustrations from Hanfu: A Visual Primer of Historical Han Chinese Attire, showing models in reconstructed hanfu. CHINA DAILY In the soft amber glow, a young woman stands draped in an emerald robe ...
The Ancient Greeks took their entertainment very seriously and used drama as a way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human. The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr ...
Among the thousands of pieces of parchment found in caves near the Dead Sea, one scroll was unique among the rest. The Temple Scroll was the best preserved and with the clearest writing. Now ...
The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns, called dithyrambs, were sung in honor of the god Dionysus. These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in which ...
Among the thousands of pieces of parchment found in caves near the Dead Sea, one scroll was unique among the rest. The Temple Scroll was the best preserved and with the clearest writing. Now ...
The papyrus PHerc. 1018. Credit: Biblioteca Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele III,” Napoli–Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale A newly deciphered Herculaneum ...
Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world. He won the National Press Club award for political ...