Rare ceramic dragon head — at least 1,400 years old — found at temple in China. See it
Dragons were a symbol of luck and protection from natural disasters during the Tang Dynasty, archaeologists said.
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China’s First Domestic Cats Took the Silk Road 1,400 Years Ago, New Study Finds
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...
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The 8.5-mile-long wall that surrounds Xi’an, touted as one of the best-preserved walled fortifications in China, could be the ...
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Rare ceramic dragon head — at least 1,400 years old — found at temple in China. See it
Siyi via Unsplash Seven years into excavations at a Tang Dynasty site in eastern China, archaeologists have uncovered a rare ceramic found only a few times in history. Archaeologists were working ...
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A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...