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![An ancient Egyptian painted relief depicting Pharaoh Ramesses III with Isis.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6dBCGKF96sxJY9i3KhvETa-320-80.jpg)
What was the longest-lasting civilization?
By Tom Metcalfe published
Is the longest-lasting civilization China, ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia? Here's a look at the evidence for each of these enduring cultures.
![Here we see an ancient leather saddle against a white background. It is brown and kind of heart shaped and looks like a pillow with hand stitching.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f2FQHCue2owtvTP8s9woU5-320-80.jpg)
2,700-year-old leather saddle found in woman's tomb in China is oldest on record
By Tom Metcalfe published
The elaborate leather saddle is dated from between roughly 700 B.C. and 400 B.C. and may be the earliest ever found.
![America's secret space plane, the Boeing X-37B, is thought to have inspired China to construct a similar craft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hhRHvyTJX7hBZoEqMem4JV-320-80.jpg)
China's mysterious space plane released an unidentified 'object' in orbit, US intelligence reveals
By Joanna Thompson published
Here's what we know (and don't know) about China's mysterious space plane, which just landed after nine months in orbit on a secret mission.
![A modern depiction of an ice age warrior wearing an animal fur and walking in a snowy forest.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M76FiN9DgB8XFRmUGUoKLi-320-80.jpg)
Some of the 1st ice age humans who ventured into Americas came from China, DNA study suggests
By Charles Q. Choi published
The first wave of humans into the Americas during the last ice age may have hailed partly from northern China, according to a DNA study of ancient and modern Indigenous people.
![A "selfie" of Zhurong and its lander captured by a deployed remote camera.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4Mb5fN92aq9b35cdsKwNyg-320-80.jpg)
China's malfunctioning Mars rover may have found evidence of recent water on the Red Planet
By Joanna Thompson published
Data from China's unresponsive Zhurong rover suggests that Mars had snow and frost as recently as 400,000 years ago.
![A "selfie" of Zhurong and its lander captured by a deployed remote camera.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4Mb5fN92aq9b35cdsKwNyg-320-80.jpg)
China finally admits its hibernating Mars rover may never wake up
By Stephanie Pappas published
The Zhurong Mars rover never woke up from a planned hibernation, and the head of the mission team has now revealed why.
![A juvenile box jellyfish of the newfound species has a transparent and colorless body, as well as 12 tentacles ending in small, paddle-like structures.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VSLvJYJvaj9k7kHTngvju-320-80.png)
Newly discovered jellyfish is a 24-eyed weirdo related to the world's most venomous marine creature
By Sascha Pare published
Researchers named the newfound species Tripedalia maipoensis, after Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, where they discovered the transparent critter.
![Artist reconstruction of life among the Xiongnu imperial elite by Galmandakh Amarsanaa. Shows people in colorful clothing in what appears to be a large cloth tent. One woman is cooking something in a pot over a fire while others sit nearby in a circle eating](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VFv3x3dAJhxwAecM6W3tRa-320-80.jpg)
Ancient princesses helped build vast warrior empire that prompted China to erect the Great Wall
By Tom Metcalfe published
Analysis of ancient DNA and grave goods from burials suggest that princesses helped to build a "massive empire" stretching from Kazakhstan to Mongolia.
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