The day was still alive when a group of Abui people danced in a circle around the "maasang"—the central altar of their ...

In 2008, it was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Guqin is ...

A new study describes a previously unknown prehistoric tribe of hunter-gatherers from the southern coast of Texas, who ...

Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra’s record-breaking musical series centred around use of more eco-friendly design for ancient ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

Yungang's caverns have carvings of Central Asian merchants leading camel trains laden with silk, and Angkor Wat's stone walls ...

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR Foundation (Foundation for Arab ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] On March 29, Chinese sheng player Wu Tong shared the stage with Japanese sho player Mayumi Miyata at the Japanese embassy in Beijing, giving the audience an ...

Look up and be dumbstruck with wonder: the Lyrid meteor shower will grace the skies this month. Records of this celestial ...

Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman reveal how music united ancient cultures across trade routes, ceremonies, and rituals.

A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...