A collection of artifacts has been found in one of the largest and most complex Chu-era burials ever found. This cache is revealing new things about the birth of China.

The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...

Fourteen years after archaeologists unearthed it and more than 3,000 years after it was initially buried, a bronze vessel found inside an ancient Chinese tomb has finally been opened. In late 2024, ...

Chinese Cultural RelicsThe 700-year-old tomb was first discovered by archeologists in 2012. Archaeologists in Yangquan, China ...

Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

Fresh stories of Beijing's long history are gradually emerging ... a type of defensive enclosure often built out of city gates in ancient China. Inside the city, the remains of two streets ...

Egypt holds the distinction of being one of the cradles of the water clock, with some of the earliest examples originating ...

Such a symbiotic relationship between modern technological development and historic preservation is being formed and ...

At The Rise of Vertebrates, an ongoing exhibition at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing, visitors can follow ...