Gunpowder has been used for centuries, but did you know that the Chinese invented it by complete accident? Here's everything ...

A scattering of pock marks on Pompeii’s city walls may prove a mythological “super weapon” may have been real after all.

It is also known as the "fifth great invention" of China, coming after paper-making, printing, gunpowder and compass. In the ancient days, they are important instructions for the agricultural ...

Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin review! Unique botanical gin tasting.

China expressed opposition on Tuesday over unwarranted accusation and political manipulation claiming that China is supplying ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

Most Chinese hospitals have a ward devoted to ancient cures. Citing traditional medicine’s potential to lower costs and yield innovative treatments, not to mention raise China’s prestige ...

His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey. Several colossal heads that once stood in the mausoleum of Antiochus I of Commagene now lie in front ...

Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

Ancient Chinese made various kinds of incense burners, among which the censer and Xun Long, a frame place over a censer for scenting clothes, were the most popular. The earlier incense burners ...

PLA's innovative coil gun utilizes lithium-ion batteries instead of conventional capacitors to power its electromagnetic ...