Credit: Painting by Albert Kretschmer and Dr. Carl Rohrbach (1882) Public Domain What did ancient Greeks wear in the winter? A natural question, as all extant statues of Greek men and women in ...

Immediately after his address to the forum on Friday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi quoted some ancient Chinese sayings as he talked about US-China relations with the conference chairman, German ...

China’s box office records were smashed this ... This has seen old and new collide, with these ancient tales being retold using the latest in digital technology. It marks a new milestone for ...

Contact between the Mediterranean and China was practically non-existent in the ancient and medieval periods; however, in the 13th century, a Chinese official described the city of Alexandria in his ...

Ice sports flourished during the Qing Dynasty, particularly under the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1735–1796). From 1742 until the emperor's death in 1799, ice sports events were held nearly every ...

During the Ming Dynasty, ice beds became a popular form of entertainment, enjoyed by both the imperial court and the common people. The royal ice bed used in the Forbidden City was very luxurious ...

Stilt walking is part of a folk tradition of performances, rooted in ancient Chinese belief systems such ... They play-fought one minute and applied makeup the next. A used-car salesman smoked ...

And though the ancient Chinese didn’t understand how bear bile helped humans, they observed that it did. As I hold the pig heart, I can feel its rhythm slowing. It finally stops. The pig died ...

Many of us imagine that makeup had only started a few as many as a hundred years ago when in reality the first documented use of makeup was recorded in 6000 BC amongst the Egyptians. In ancient ...

2. Facial Features: The Wodaabe ideal of male beauty emphasizes white eyes and teeth, so men often roll their eyes and bare their teeth while performing. 3. Clothing: They wear ornate costumes, ...

The fascinating new documentary “The Dating Game” is a fun look into a social crisis: Men in China outnumber women by 30 million. How are they supposed to find a match? Entertainment Critic ...