A new study finds ancient Chinese settlements grew centralized over 6,000 years, shrinking from nine clusters to just two ...
Awards make China only the fifth country to ever produce two Fields medallists at a single ceremony, and the first in Asia to ...
Genome-wide data extracted from human remains at Shimao, a walled city on China’s Loess Plateau dating to roughly 2000 BCE, ...
With swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a ...
Did you know ancient Chinese rare books regularly get a gentle "sunbath" so they may be better preserved? As the summer heat ...
Located along the Xiang River, Changsha was a vital administrative hub during the Han Dynasty and earlier Chu State.
No longer the towering rampart of legend, these weathered earthen walls - fissured, grass-covered and half-consumed by brush ...
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 ...
Ancient DNA from Shimao reveals local origins, broad prehistoric connections, a patrilineal social structure, and ...
Moroccan visitor Aimma (right) during a tour of Xujia village in Zhaoyuan, Shandong province. [Photo provided to ...
Photo/Xinhua] Every few days, Zhao Zhonghe circles an ancient pagoda, sweeps away fallen leaves and checks on a nearby ...