With more than 3,000 years of history, the oracle bone inscription is the earliest mature writing system ever discovered in China. By examining it through microscopes or exploring it in ancient books, ...

The inscriptions on the artifacts which were recently unearthed in east China's Zhejiang Province have reportedly replaced oracle bone script to be the earliest record of ancient Chinese characters, ...

ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- As a series of events being held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the discovery of oracle bone inscriptions this month, the spotlight has been brought to the ...

Since farmers began digging up ancient bone fragments in the fields around the Yellow River in eastern China over 100 years ago, researchers have been poring over the mysterious script found on them.

(MENAFN) Reports say a research team from Henan Province in central China has completed high-definition digital preservation of 542 oracle bone inscriptions kept in European collections, marking an ...

For over a century, generations of scholars have pursued the ultimate dream of decoding the oracle bone script, China's earliest known writing system. Inscribed on ox scapulae or turtle shells, the ...