A string of inventions—gun­powder, paper, printing, and cast iron—had set ... the world's workshop. China is open as never before and once again trading with its ancient partners in the ...

Thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians worked with foundry technicians to cast matched sets of bronze bells of different sizes to produce a range of tones. They developed oval-shaped bells that, ...

Guangdong is located in southern China. Bordered by the mountain ranges ... Baking in a pan means the ingredients are put in an iron pan with a cast iron lid. The pan is covered with a red ...

This information has been compiled by the work of Joseph Needham and his colleagues in a study of ancient Chinese ... The Moldboard Plow: China, Third Centrury BCE. Called kuan, these ploughshares ...

A TV reporter doing a feature story on energy is present at a nuclear-power plant when a crisis occurs and a meltdown is narrowly avoided, but it seems that efforts to get the news on-air are ...

Cast irons are a large group of ferrous alloys which contain a large amount of carbon and solidify with a eutectic (chemical carbide which solidifies at a lower temperature). They are derived from pig ...

Iron working was a common element of everyday life in Iron Age Britain. By 500 BC iron had replaced bronze as the usual metal for making tools and weapons. Blacksmiths produced iron using charcoal ...

From ‘little fat kid’ to muscle goddess in China, Bian Ruiying recalls transformation ... switching sides From animal fat to graphite: how ancient Chinese wore make-up more than 1,000 years ...

The discovery suggests that trade routes along the Silk Road were far more complex than previously understood.

according to ancient beliefs, to prevent her from returning from the dead. A research team from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun made the unique discovery in August 2022, and working ...

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