What it tells us about the past: There is no one "oracle bone" — about 13,000 have been found — but these relics hint at the development of writing in ancient China.

As is often the case with ancient Chinese pictograms, they have become more complicated, ... Jiang, who has specialized in oracle bone inscriptions for over 20 years, ...

Researchers from the Cambridge University Library this week announced the creation of what they think is the world's first 3D printed replica of a 3,000-year-old Chinese oracle bone.

The team, from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou and Renmin University in Beijing, conducted an in-depth analysis of one of the earliest forms of writing – oracle bones –to ...

Oracle bones predating the Shang Dynasty have also been found, and in 2003, some archaeologists said they'd found "Neolithic oracle bones" from up to 8,600 years ago.