Resting on a tiny white cushion in a royal-blue embroidered box - secure in its new home behind a locked door at UC Berkeley's East Asian Library - is an old piece of chipped bone, the size of a ...

While dating back 3,000 years, no one recognized how special the oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty were until 1899. Yet the antiquarian who first perceived the value of the artifacts, etched with ...

Ancient artifacts offer some of the earliest insight we have into events such as lunar eclipses of the distant past, but for the most part, only experts have access to them. Thanks to 3D printing, ...

Priceless objects scanned with hospital technology more commonly used for surgery. Priceless objects scanned with hospital technology more commonly used for surgery. The earliest-known example of ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by ...

With more than 3,000 years of history, the oracle bone inscription is the earliest mature writing system ever discovered in China. By examining it through microscopes or exploring it in ancient books, ...

Copies of some of the oldest artifacts in Chinese history will be on display at the annual Chinese American Community Center’s Chinese festival in Hockessin. Replicas of the original “Oracle Bones,” ...

Title also in Chinese characters. "Collection of Shang inscriptions from the Yin Hsü site, dating c.1400-1100 B.C."--Editor's note. siris_sil_860217 ...