Once the faith of millions, a small but devoted number of adherents in Asia and North America keep the flame of faith burning. Farzin Yezishne, a Zoroastrian mobed (priest), performs a blessing ...

Left: 1907 photograph of the Xi'an Stele, on its turtle (Bixi) pedestal. Right: A Nestorian tombstone from Quanzhou. Earlier this year, scientists announced that the Black Death had originated in the ...

Yang Hexiang, director of the Yunnan Provincial Library, introduces the digital ancient books the institute released on Dec 30. [Photo by Wang Ru/China Daily] After centuries spent quietly on library ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...