The symbolic events that indicated the birth of Chinese philosophy were all developed by historiographers and senior officials in the government of the Zhou Dynasty (about 11th Century-221BC ...

"The Assyrian empire was at the height of its power during the first half of the first millennium BC, while China's Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC) was founded. We mounted an exhibition on the ...

The central building in it is called "piyong", meaning the circular pool. Its name came from the national university called piyong established by the supreme rulers of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The ...

It was made during the Zhou dynasty, which followed the Shang. "These bronzes that we call ritual vessels were used for a long time - from around 1300 BC down to at least 300 BC. All ritual ...

Horned and bearded, with flowing manes on the back and upwardly curled tufts of hair sprouting from the ankles, these ...

Using ritual and social theory to explain Western Zhou history, Vogt traces how the traditions of pre-modern China were born, how a ruling dynasty establishes and holds on to power, how religion and ...

A leading academic has highlighted China's rich mathematical history, including a startling fact about a well-known theorem ...