From July 23 to 27, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Media and Think Tank Summit was held in Henan Province. During this ...

For over a century, generations of scholars have pursued the ultimate dream of decoding the oracle bone script, China's earliest known writing system. Inscribed on ox scapulae or turtle shells ...

Generally speaking, oracle bone inscriptions refer to characters recorded during the Shang Dynasty. Besides being carved on turtle shells and ox scapulae, characters were also cast on bronze ware or ...

Yinxu, the capital of the Late Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), is China’s archaeological holy land. Since the identification of oracle bones near what is today the city of Anyang at the turn of the ...

Jiaguwen, or oracle-bone inscriptions, that were excavated from the Yinxu Ruins, were records of practicing divination and praying to gods by the late Shang people.

Chinese archaeologists have discovered two oracle bones, including one inscribed with the most number of characters ever in a single find, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The team of ...

At the SCO Media and Think Tank Summit, Anyang draws international acclaim with its profound oracle bone culture, creative ...