Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blue-and-white porcelain is intricately decorated. - Michael Flecker/Science Direct In the waters off Singapore, a recently ...

Landscape painting has been one of the most celebrated accomplishments of Chinese culture since the third century, treasured by artists, patrons and scholars alike. Drawn from the Freer Gallery of Art ...

The earliest Chinese paintings in one of the most important collections in the West are now featured in a new public Web resource launched by the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries. “Song and ...

A maritime archaeological excavation in Singapore waters has unearthed the Temasek Wreck, a 14th-century treasure trove of Yuan dynasty ceramics that stands as both a local first and a global ...

An aerial drone photo taken on May 12, 2026 shows a view of the site of Xanadu of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) in Xilingol, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Surrounded by the vast ...

Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate.