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Here are a few that I find particularly interesting: In ancient China, people used cowrie shells as money. The first paper money was created in China during the Tang Dynasty. In the 1800s ...
I got some cowry shells on me. [Holley gestures to the many bracelets and ... and one of her favorite things to do is go to graveyards and photograph tombstones and really ancient things. So I ...
The trade war between the U.S. and China rages on but it did not spoil the mood of bidders taking part in a fine classical Chinese paintings auction in Hong Kong as an ancient scroll sold for a ...
The Cowrie shell ... will include special focuses on Southwest Florida shells, world-record-sized shells, deep-sea species, land snails, and ancient fossils.
Created by 14th-century calligrapher Rao Jie, the handscroll saw more than 200 offers before the hammer went down during a sale of classical Chinese painting. Steven Zuo, the department’s head ...
The so-called Thucydides Trap has become a staple of foreign policy commentary over the past decade or so, regularly invoked to frame the escalating rivalry between the United States and China.