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 ...

The “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.

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

Opened in 2010, the museum is the first in China dedicated to the preservation, display, and research of the invaluable Qin ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

There is no one person responsible for the birth of surfing, but there is lots of historical evidence about the origin point.

"We've gained much from the studies of city ruins, graves, beacons, temples, caves, ancient mining areas and other sites.

The buried city of China’s first emperor’s tomb is so vast and dangerous that experts explain why it has remained sealed.

In a remote corner of China, thousands of ancient sculptures are carved into the face of a quiet cliff — far from cities and ...

Including the Paleolithic Tongtiandong site in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, nearly 80 archaeological ...

A horse bone unearthed from the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty Photo: CCTV News. DNA analysis of horse ...