Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore ... in water (wet compass), placed upon a ...

The Silk Road was also called "Silu" in Chinese. It was a general name for the ancient strategic transportation channel which started from China and passed through Central Asia, West Asia ...

The Beiting Ancient City site a key hub along the ancient Silk Road in today's Xinjiang Uygur ­Autonomous Region in Northwest China Photo: VCG A total of 110 artifacts, including pottery and ...

Turpan used to be an important strategic point on the Silk Road. As early as two thousand ... and Turpan again became a frontier town of China, serving as a stopover for merchants, monks, and ...

China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he? Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Discover Jiangsu: ancient gateway to the Maritime Silk Road Rediscovering ...

In return, China traded paper, ink, and above all, silk. Silk, light and easily ... a team of divers retrieved the ancient artifacts. The treasure—much of it, anyway—turned out to be the ...

In ancient China, the birthplace of silk ... Rome it was blamed for making young women promiscuous. To historians, silk artifacts reflect the trade and social customs of past cultures.

[Photo/Xinhua] URUMQI -- Two Buddhist cave complexes along the ancient Silk Road in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region opened to the public for the first time on Saturday.

In the "Great Unity" section, ancient astronomical charts on the exhibition hall's ceiling capture the ancient Chinese belief ...

In an archaeological breakthrough, scientists have uncovered the remains of a young woman who lived over2,000 years ago along the ancient Silk Road. Dubbed the “Red Princess,” her remains present an ...