Rounding out the series was an auction of Retro Anime: Original Cels and Other Items from the 1980s–2000s. The sale, which benefited the San Antonio Museum of Art, had an 100% sell-through rate and ...

Journey through the ancient city of Samarkand where culinary rituals and timeless tales of the Silk Road converge—from ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.

A special feature of Taoism is that ordinary humans can and do become gods and immortals. For much of history, this process ...

However, as an outpost of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), this UNESCO World Heritage Site still warrants a long journey. In Chinese, yumen means "jade gate". Raw jade once traveled through the ...

The box’s treasures also included ancient Chinese carved jade figures, a Spanish 17th-century gold ring, and an antique gold bracelet set with 254 rubies, six emeralds, two Ceylon sapphires and ...