Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

As her journey to China's Gansu Province concludes, Xinhua reporter Maria Alekseeva remains captivated by the 1,600-year-old Mati Temple Grottoes, ...

Gansu's first integrated transportation and tourism project, the Xuanquan Posthouse World Cultural Heritage Site, developed ...

The recent trade war TikTok trend offers a glimpse of how sophisticated the counterfeit industry has become in China, while ...

By then, the ancient Silk Road had waned, replaced by what would become known as ... Yumen Pass and Han Dynasty Great Wall: Dunhuang, Gansu province ・ Jiayu Pass and Ming Dynasty Great Wall: Jiayuguan ...

Zachary Iziah Smith, an American travel blogger, poses for a photo at Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 11, 2025.

As a key region along the ancient Silk Road, Gansu Province has seen remarkable growth in ... Zachary Iziah Smith, an American travel blogger, poses for a photo at Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, ...

Though the BRI has drawn ample media coverage, it also has a pivotal yet lower-profile subplot known as the Digital Silk Road (DSR) — a digital transformation project with the potential to ...

Singing Dunes, located in the Gobi Desert of Dunhuang, China, is a fascinating natural wonder that captivates visitors with ...

The program's developing journey involves multiple difficult procedures, but its goal is clear - to make the thin bamboo slips embodied "ancient cultural-social beliefs, folk traditions and ...

Three dire wolf pups have been successfully cloned using gene-editing and ancient DNA – a breakthrough it described as a “massive milestone” in the emerging field of de-extinction.

"Compared to well-known sites like the Dunhuang [grottoes], the Ya'er ... proof of how diverse cultures converged along the ancient Silk Road." "It is an epitome of ancient Buddhist beliefs ...