When workers in northern China cut into a hillside for a new road, they did not expect to open a window onto a world where a ...

The discovery reveals an unexpected connection to the ancient Silk Road.

Writers in the Tang period described “golden armor,” but archaeologists had not previously had a physical example to examine. That gap is what makes this restoration notable: the conservation work ...

Researchers studying an ancient tomb in China have found direct evidence that cannabis was a staple food crop during the Tang dynasty more than 1,000 years ago. Previous research into the ...

Archaeologists uncover a 2,000-year-old Han Dynasty settlement in China, revealing rare details of suburban life near ancient ...

Gong Butan, a deputy to the 14th Hubei Provincial People's Congress, made the proposal during the congress's fourth session in Wuhan, the provincial capital, citing Yunmeng's unique role in preserving ...

Shanxi Province, dubbed China's "above-ground cultural relics museum," boasts 531 nationally protected key cultural relic sites, including three intact wooden structures from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 ...

Yinxu - known as the last capital of the Shang - is one of China’s most important archaeological sites, famous for oracle bone inscriptions and monumental burials. The new pits add another layer: not ...

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 ...