Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum is a historic site under Beijing Municipal protection. It lies in Xiannongtan on Dongjing Road, Xuanwu District, and is about 3 kilometers from Tiananmen Square. It ...

Ancient artifacts, silent carriers of the country's memories and national spirit, can offer valuable insights into the appreciation of Chinese culture. In 2023, over 1.29 billion visits were made to ...

"To turn what once felt 'hard to understand' into something people can truly see and grasp." Standing for a millennium ...

Wearing an umbrella hat and a dark blue outdoor jacket, Lian Da sits quietly on a tiny folding chair in the overgrown wilderness of Shanxi province. With a black pen and a whiteboard, he gazes at the ...

The reconstruction of ancient buildings is often a difficult undertaking in a world where most ancient structures either no longer exist or have been heavily modified. However, a massive online ...

Across India, ancient architecture continues to offer clues about early engineering, metallurgy, and scientific thought.

Safi-o-Din shrine in northwestern Iran reimagined (all images courtesy of Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar) From the royal palaces of Persepolis to the glorious mosques of Isfahan, Iran’s ancient ...

After 2,000 years, a long-lost secret behind the creation of one of the world’s most durable man-made creations ever—Roman concrete—has finally been discovered by an international team of scientists, ...