Ancient Egypt’s King Khufu had a tough act to follow. His father, Sneferu, founded the Fourth Dynasty (2575-2465 BCE) and assembled more stone mass in
The Shang Dynasty’s royals used bronze ritual vessels to commune with their ancestors and help keep the state in order.: Their designs became increasingly dramatic
One of the best history buzzes I got in China was walking on the ancient walls of the great ancient city Zhengzhou. The wall in
Chinese have traditionally seen themselves as rooted in the Shang Dynasty. So you can’t get more foundational than the Shang and its roots. We’ll get
The relationship between people and buffaloes is hallowed in much of rural Southeast Asia, and a man in a village near Yangshuo, China wanted to
I’ve invoked Thai, Indian, Chinese, Laotian, African, Middle Eastern and Western perspectives on this site, but perspective is a controversial term. What is a perspective?
“All Lan Na wats are beautiful.” I agreed with the gentleman in Nan who told me this (Nan is a historic city that thrived within
Most archeologists and linguists believe that Thais originated in southern China. As their populations rose and as the Qin and Han Dynasties expanded into the
Reading Sanskrit can feel like swimming in an ocean. Indians and Greeks were asking questions about the most basic reality by 500 BCE. The