Tombs scattered across China, built between the 4,000-year old Xia Dynasty and the modern era, reflect the political and ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace that served as the summer retreat for the elite members of the Liao Dynasty. To escape the oppressive heat, each year from mid-April to ...

Archaeologists in China uncover 573 ancient stone fortresses, shedding light on early settlement patterns and social ...

Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs ...

At the heart of China's Central Plains lies the Erlitou site, widely believed to be the capital of the Xia Dynasty — the first dynasty in Chinese history. Recent exchanges between leading Chinese and ...

Sunken ships along the South China Sea revealed the rich trade networks of global trade between Asia, Africa, the Middle East ...

Chinese history is replete with the rise and fall of dynasties, but researchers now have identified a natural phenomenon that may have been the last straw for some of them: a weakening of the summer ...

If you lived and died in northeastern China during the reign of the Shang Dynasty, there's a chance you won't be spending eternity alone. Rich or poor, you may well have been buried with a four-legged ...