U, a town in central Myanmar about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the provincial capital of Mandalay. Locals said that bodies ...

Funerals are of great importance in China, and the extravagance of one's funeral and tomb was once used to judge the filial ...

Chinese tea, food and language, the Great Wall of China and Xian's Terracota Army are some of what China is famous for.

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh conditions in East Asia 60,000 years ago.

Notably, Hongshan, Lingjiatan and Liangzhu are known as the three major jade cultural centers in prehistoric China. Although more than 1,000 km apart, Hongshan culture experienced close exchanges with ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

Locals share their inside knowledge of what to see, eat, drink, buy and where to go in the historic Nepali capital city.

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Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.