At first glance, it looks like an unremarkable strip of earth cutting quietly through northern China. But beneath the dust ...

How did China’s first emperor move armies across vast distances? The discovery of a major section of the Qin Straight Road sheds new light.

Silk fabric has been one of the most coveted goods ever since the days of the world's oldest civilizations. From its creation in Ancient China at least 8,500 years ago to today, the rich feeling of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team in China used ancient DNA to reconstruct the face of an ...

Scientists found thousands of coins at an excavation site where a company plans to build a factory. Some of the coins were traced back to China and date some 2,000 years old. A "Ban Liang" was the ...

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The study, ...

That pagoda -- say a growing number of Chinese researchers and academics -- was a church before being acquired and used by Buddhists, the oldest church now present in the current People's Republic of ...

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