The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

Two volumes of 2,300-year-old silk books – the earliest known in China – arrived in Beijing from the United States in the ...

"Both cultures placed deep emphasis on unity, spirituality, and the afterlife," Xue notes. "Egyptians imagined a glorious ...

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng speaks at the handover ceremony for the return of the Zidanku silk ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third ...