Wealthy individuals and entities have been known to fund the arts since ancient times.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2024
0
1
Xiahe County, located in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau, is known as "Little Tibet." For a long time, all aspects of human survival, social development and cultural accumulation ...
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2023
0
31
A stone bridge dating back to the Ming dynasty has been discovered after water levels plunged at China's largest freshwater lake, a Beijing newspaper reported Friday.
Environment
Jan 3, 2014
2
1
Human beings would probably be known as pilosals rather than mammals if Carl Linnaeus had not been a proponent of breast-feeding. For social and political reasons, the famed taxonomist labeled the class of animals to which ...
Evolution
Aug 20, 2013
0
0
An ancient Asian dining tradition comes to an end in California on Monday, and grocer Emily Gian is none too happy.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2013
4
0
A joint expedition of scientists led by Chapurukha M. Kusimba of The Field Museum and Sloan R. Williams of the University of Illinois at Chicago has unearthed a 600-year-old Chinese coin on the Kenyan island of Manda that ...
Archaeology
Mar 13, 2013
10
0
He may not be able to resuscitate Hong Kong's long-dead incense trade but entrepreneur Chan Koon-wing is at least hoping to save the tree that gave the city its name centuries ago.
Other
Aug 10, 2012
0
0
The most comprehensive and technologically advanced survey of China's Great Wall has discovered the ancient monument is much longer than previously estimated, state media reported Monday.
Archaeology
Apr 20, 2009
0
0
