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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, has deaccessioned from its collection fragments of contested ancient ... and religious life of pre-imperial China ...

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

Chinese scientists analyzed astronomer Shi Shen’s record of the stars and found it to predate previously known Greek ...