A collection of artifacts has been found in one of the largest and most complex Chu-era burials ever found. This cache is ...

Lost for decades, divers were finally granted permission to find and explore the city's ancient streets which flourished ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

Chinese Cultural RelicsThe 700-year-old tomb was first discovered by archeologists in 2012. Archaeologists in Yangquan, China ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...

In 1999, New York Times journalist Nicholas D. Kristof reported a surprising encounter on a tiny African island called Pate, just off the coast of Kenya. Here, in a village of stone huts set ...

With the introduction of Buddhism into China after the Qin Dynasty, ancient bells gradually became important musical instruments for Buddhism. As the saying goes, "There are bells at every temple.

Zhanqi village in Huangshan, East China's Anhui Province, is an ancient village with a history spanning over 1,000 years. The ...