Since farmers began digging up ancient bone fragments in the fields around the Yellow River in eastern China over 100 years ago, researchers have been poring over the mysterious script found on them.

Oracle bone inscriptions, the earliest known form of Chinese characters, are essential for understanding the origins and evolution of Chinese culture. Research of oracle bone inscriptions can offer ...

CAPE TOWN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- "The Spirits on Turtle Shells and Cattle Bones: Oracle Bone Script Art Showcase" kicked off on Friday in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, to ...

To celebrate the 2024 UN Chinese Language Day, the opening ceremony of "The Spirits on Turtle Shells and Cattle Bones: Oracle Bone Script Art Exhibition" was held at the Iziko South African Museum in ...

In 1922, during his studies in the US, Li Ji, known as "the Father of Chinese Archaeology" in his later years, gave quite a strong opinion in terms of "the difference between alphabet and ...

Ancient scripts provide invaluable insights into ancient societies, and their effective recognition is crucial for cultural relic preservation, textual decipherment, and heritage. Current research ...

An exhibition themed on oracle bone scripts was unveiled at 798 Cube Art Museum in Beijing's 798 Art Zone on Friday, and plans to run through Oct 8. The exhibition, titled White Holes: The Mysteries ...

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the mid-late Holocene (around 3,000 years ago). However, the direct causes and ...

SHENZHEN, China, May 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent (00700.HK) today announced the launch of Oracle Bones Corpus (殷契文渊), an online research platform and database for oracle bone researchers and ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspected the Yinxu Ruins, the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), in Anyang, Central China's ...

A piece of oracle bone unearthed from the Yinxu site and its inked rubbing on paper. [Photo provided to China Daily] The oracle bone script appeals to not only scholars but also those outside the ...