Surfing has been around for centuries. It is well-known that the ancient Polynesians and Hawaiians were among the first to ever ride the waves, but there are accounts of surfing that go back even ...

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The National Museum of Asian Art is presenting “Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings,” the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of ancient China’s Shang ...

Archaeologists discovered 13,000 cultural relics during an excavation of the ancient site of Sanxingdui, near the city of Chengdu in China. The relics date from the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.E.-1046 B.C ...

Liu Yu and Lu Yan, eds., Jinchu yinzhou jinwen jilu [Compilation of recently discovered bronze inscriptions], vol. 3, Beijing, 2002, pl. 692. Liu Yu and Wang Tao, Liusan oumei yinzhou youming ...

Both Egypt and China have such long histories; their ancient cultures are often compared. For example, China's Shang Dynasty ...