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.

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

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, ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower. A procession of gods ...

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 ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...