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Ancient Chinese text about a comet may have solved the mystery of 'The Star of Bethlehem'
For centuries, the biblical account of a celestial body leading the Magi to the birthplace of Jesus has baffled historians.
Archaeologists working at a Bronze Age cemetery in northwest China have uncovered pottery vessels containing residue that reveals a sophisticated brewing technique dating back nearly 4,000 years. The ...
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World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees
The oldest star chart in the world was made in China more than 2,300 years ago, a hotly debated preprint study finds. Researchers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories analyzed the "Star ...
How did China’s first emperor move armies across vast distances? The discovery of a major section of the Qin Straight Road sheds new light.
Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise Almost 300 years ...
An ancient star map (not the document analyzed in the new research) unearthed in Dunhuang, China, in the seventh century C.E. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Thousands of years ago, Chinese ...
"In 1997-98 the State Cultural Relics Bureau entrusted the National Museum of Chinese History to sponsor an exhibition on artefects of ancient Chinese science and technology and compile this catalogue ...
Is the Star Manual of Master Shi the oldest known astronomical catalog? Experts are divided. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...
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