The burial mound of China’s first emperor has remained untouched since workers sealed it in 208 BC, even as the surrounding ...

High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Archaeologists working at a Bronze Age cemetery in northwest China have uncovered pottery vessels containing residue that reveals a sophisticated brewing technique dating back nearly 4,000 years. The ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...

In the four decades since its discovery, the Fujia archaeological site in east China’s Shandong province has repeatedly proven fertile ground for researchers. Located in the lower reaches of the ...

Machu Picchu, Stonehenge, the Parthenon and the Pyramids: the world is packed with ancient wonders whose very names have the power to evoke the grand histories of entire civilisations. But while ...

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...