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 ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...

What the Xi’an stele reveals about the rise and fall of the Nestorian church in the Tang Dynasty. Today, this tradition of Christianity largely exists in the Middle East and is known as the Assyrian ...

In the desert outside Kashgar, an oasis city in the far-western region of Xinjiang, an ancient Buddhist stupa rises out of the sand. Because of its conical shape, it is known as Mo’er, the word for ...

Archaeologists have reconstructed what is believed to be the earliest known turtle-head house structure discovered to date, concluding that it most likely served as a kitchen, according to findings ...