Eat idol’s poems: Inside the wild, ancient history of Chinese fan culture

In ancient times, fame was cultivated in streets, restaurants, poetry circles, where beauty and talent transformed poets, ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Sumerian Poem Challenges Long-Held Belief About Who Invented Writing

A new study reveals ancient Sumerians credited gods (not humans) with inventing writing, challenging decades of scholarly ...
KTVZ

Ancient poetry unveils hidden history of critically endangered finless porpoises, scientists say

(CNN) — A research team in China got creative in its efforts to save a critically endangered species by turning to ancient poems. The scientists pored over more than 700 ancient Chinese poems from the ...
Discover Magazine

An Ancient Rome Manuscript Hid a 1,300-Year-Old Copy of the First English Poem

Learn more about Caedmon’s Hymn, the first poem written in English, and a new copy recently found in Rome thanks to archival sleuthing and digitization. The earliest poem written in English isn’t ...
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Ancient poems tell the story of charismatic river porpoise’s decline over the past 1,400 years

A close-up of a "smiling" Yangtze finless porpoise at the Baiji Dolphinarium of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Endemic to China’s Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless ...