Genome-wide data extracted from human remains at Shimao, a walled city on China’s Loess Plateau dating to roughly 2000 BCE, ...

A new study finds ancient Chinese settlements grew centralized over 6,000 years, shrinking from nine clusters to just two ...

Longmen Grottoes and the Erlitou archaeological site represent critical milestones in ancient Chinese history and state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient ...

Chinese archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery in Shaanxi Province, unearthing two ancient game boards from the ...

Ancient DNA from China’s vast 4,000-year-old Shimao settlement is revealing how one of East Asia’s earliest complex societies was organized. Researchers found that its people were largely descended ...

Among the highlights is a batch of digitized books donated by the Harvard-Yenching Library to the National Library of China ...

This early introduction to ancient history helps students learn about people, places and environments, as they explore how people and events from the past have shaped societies over time.

Did you know ancient Chinese rare books regularly get a gentle "sunbath" so they may be better preserved? As the summer heat ...