Culture

Culture 04/21/22, 16:22

The Great Wall of China is not just a simple wall that divides a border. In addition to being ranked as one of the most important engineering works in history, the mega structure carries enormous symbolic power over what traditional Chinese culture was all about. The construction of the enormous wall ...

Art 03/25/22, 17:38

The outstanding artistic expressions in all cultures throughout the ages have left a footprint that characterizes them as classical, the highest level to which the evident exquisiteness with which the artist endowed them raises them and turns them into models worthy of being emulated and preserved.  China, in particular, has harbored ...

Culture 03/10/22, 00:58

Since ancient times, the Chinese believed that humanity must harmonize and merge with heaven. They emphasized that the Universe and the Earth march according to rules that follow divine laws imposed by the gods.  Many moral-spiritual beliefs have arisen in China, and various religions have developed, with different nuances that always ...

In-depth Reports 03/09/22, 19:50

Nowadays, the words "made in China" have become a stigma of cheap goods, inferior manufacturing, and even defective technology. In ancient times, by contrast, China was the homeland of fine silk, porcelain, jade, and the inventor of paper, printing, and the compass. China's 5,000 years of civilization have produced one ...

Insights 03/04/22, 11:58

The Nord administration – the owner of The Matisse Museum in Le Cateau-Cambresis, northern France – announced on Feb. 25 2022 to suspend the exhibitions of paintings by French artist Henry Matisse in Beijing and Shanghai. The decision came “in the context of the geopolitical crisis triggered by Russia's declaration ...

News 01/22/22, 22:26

A unique diamond that is valued at around $7 million and which they suggest may have been generated in space is going up for sale next month, Live Science reported. The 555-carat one-of-a-kind black diamond called "Enigma" was unveiled Tuesday by Sotheby's Dubai and will be auctioned on Feb. 3 in ...

Europe 12/17/21, 22:28

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association president Franklin Graham lashed out at a play presented by the Bibelhaus Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, that depicts Jesus as a man who identifies as a woman.  "Any suggestion that Jesus Christ is transgender is not only false, it’s just sick," declared preacher Graham, son of the ...

Art 12/15/21, 07:43

The recently found pair of 2,200-year-old gold bronze Buddha statues is the oldest of their kind to be discovered in China. The miniature figurines were discovered among a cache of relics found in an ancient tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty. One statue, Buddha Shakyamuni, shows Buddha standing on a platform while ...

Culture 12/08/21, 15:28

Left in the Phrygian Valley of central Turkey were imprinted earth trails that age analysis dictated could have been there from 12 to 14 million years ago.  Dr. Alexander Koltypin, a Russian academic, suggested they could have been petrified footprints from ancient vehicles of a long-lost civilization before modern humans. Koltypin is ...

Inspired Stories 12/06/21, 19:39

After 75 years, an Australian expert tries to unravel the "lost flight" riddle in the Bermuda Triangle. Researcher Shane Satterley has provided new insight on the mystery of five planes and their whole crew disappearing above the fabled Bermuda Triangle on Dec. 5, 1945. Five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers known as Flight ...

Art 12/03/21, 20:19

In the summer of 2020, Jim Irvine strolled with his wife and daughters across his father's farm in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom, leading to the discovery of a sprawling Roman villa complex and a stunning mosaic beneath the soil. "I noticed these bits of pottery, oyster shells, ...

Inspired Stories 12/02/21, 05:37

We sometimes can be tricked by our own eyes. This delicate octopus artwork is one among the cases when we may initially mistake it as a drawing before realizing it as a masterpiece of hand-crafted paper artwork. "Wearing" the white outfits, appearing on a black background, the viewers find it hard ...

Culture 11/20/21, 15:37

An early printing of the U.S. Constitution was auctioned with a million-dollar valuation that made it the highest-valued historical document ever sold at auction. The winning bid outbid a group of cryptocurrency owners. Kenneth Griffin, CEO of a multinational investment group, was the one who bought the manuscript for $43,2 million, ...

Art 11/13/21, 01:24

According to recently published research, the famous "Black Prince" metal tomb effigy of Edward, known as an "unprecedented" artwork, was likely built as a medieval propaganda symbol in an attempt to consolidate his son King Richard II's failing rule, as Live Science reported. Edward of Woodstock, the English throne's heir, was ...

Culture 11/10/21, 00:22

In a neighborhood of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, a well-preserved slave cell has been unearthed. Three wooden beds, a chamber pot, and a wooden chest with metal and cloth goods were discovered in the confined living quarters of a vast house in Civita Giuliana, some 700 meters north ...

Culture 10/24/21, 15:27

A diver has found a trove of Crusader-period artifacts off the coast of Israel, which includes a 900-year-old sword. Live Science citing a statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority, said on Oct. 18 that scuba diver Shlomi Katzin emerged from the Mediterranean Sea with a large sword in hand. The medieval sword ...