Those who use emojis to express themselves on social media can now choose between two sets that feature Chinese oracle bones dating back more than 3,000 years. "The Oracle Speaks" and "Chinese Zodiac ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspected the Yinxu Ruins, the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), in Anyang, Central China's ...

While dating back 3,000 years, no one recognized how special the oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty were until 1899. Yet the antiquarian who first perceived the value of the artifacts, etched with ...

The piece of oracle bone inscribed with the characters Qin ren (the Qin people) Photo: Courtesy of Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved ...

The oracle bone below was discovered in China over 100 years ago. At first, nobody knew what they were. Later, historians realised the words inscribed on them were questions and they were able to work ...

Visitors examine the oracle bones dating back to the late Shang Dynasty exhibited at the Yinxu Museum of Anyang, Henan. CHINA DAILY Unlike other famous ancient writing systems, such as Egyptian ...

Narrator: One of the most exciting objects or artefacts we have from the Shang Dynasty are oracle bones. They are animal bones covered in ancient writing and were used to try to predict the future.