A curious Bronze Age artifact unearthed at a ceremonial site in southwestern China has now been identified as the earliest known and the largest of its kind, according to newly published research.

People living at a Bronze Age settlement in northern China, Erdaojingzi, carried ancestry linked to distant farming ...

To date, a total of 13 meteoritic iron artifacts have been identified in China, with most found in the country’s north.

A groundbreaking discovery at the renowned Sanxingdui archaeological site in southwestern China has revealed an unusual metal object that defies known Bronze Age technology. Laboratory analysis has ...

In a study published in Archaeological Research in Asia, Dr. Haichao Li and a team of researchers analyzed the earliest ...

Bronze Age pottery unearthed in northwest China has revealed the secret to making red rice wine that was ceremonially consumed in the region in the second millennium BC. Previous research has ...

Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the bronzes range from a wine vessel depicting a double owl to a celestial horse sculpture, all illustrating how early humans honored ancestors and deities.

A recent study published in the journal Archaeometry investigates the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors during the Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE). Lead author Mark ...