The Spiraling Glory: Treasures from Guyuan, Ningxia features more than 300 artifacts, dating from the Western Zhou (c.11th ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

Five dynasties, or families, ruled ancient China for more than 6,000 years. The last one of the ancient period, the Han dynasty, ruled around the same time as the ancient Roman Empire.

The ancient construction still has its secrets.The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new ...

This time, archaeologists found large-scale rammed earth complexes from the period previous to the Zhou Dynasty at the Zhouyuan Site in Baoji, Shaanxi province, providing key evidence for ...

A newly uncovered section of the Great Wall of China in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, dating back nearly 3,000 years, suggests the structure's origins are three centuries older than previously ...

Less well known are the musical instruments made of clay commonly played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which Chinese ...

The Zhou dynasty ended when the emperor Qin Shi Huang conquered its kingdoms, uniting China under his rule.

The amputated legs of skeletons belonging to two men who lived in ancient China suggests that they were punished for alleged crimes 2,500 years ago.