Oracle bone script, which emerged in the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), is the earliest mature writing system in China. The source of Chinese characters and the foundation of China's ...

Dancing lessons, sick leave, wishing for relief from a toothache… Life for a Shang Dynasty prince more than 3,000 years ago ...

Chen Nan expounds on his designed oracle bone script via a computer at his studio in Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 24, 2019. Boasting a history of more than 3,000 years ...

TheoraclebonescriptformoftheChinesecharacter“星”（xng）iscomposedoftwocirclesrepresentingstarsandthecomponent“生”（shng）。

Jiaguwen, or oracle-bone inscriptions, that were excavated from the Yinxu Ruins, were records of practicing divination and ...

Chen Nan looks up a reference book at his studio in Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 24, 2019. Boasting a history of more than 3,000 years, oracle bone script, the earliest ...

Oracle bones, these curious messages conjured from a spiritual fire, are a voice of the dead echoing through the evolution of language and its power. Shang dynasty oracle bone, ...