Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of ...

A millet-farming settlement on the Shandong coast in Neolithic China around 4,500 years ago organized its society by maternal ...

The Panchen Lama holds a pivotal position in Tibetan Buddhism, revered as the second-highest spiritual authority after the ...

Religious temples across China shelter thousands of ancient trees, including species extinct in the wild.

A team of ecologists, arborists and environmentalists affiliated with several institutions across China, working with a ...

Religious monuments in China have provided a refuge for ancient trees for thousands of years, including dozens of endangered ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost ...

Greek, the oldest written language still in use, has shaped culture, philosophy, and science for over 3,700 years.

Delhi clashes with UK heirs over gems interred with bones and ashes of The Enlightened One for thousands of years ...

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.