When workers in northern China cut into a hillside for a new road, they did not expect to open a window onto a world where a ...

The discovery reveals an unexpected connection to the ancient Silk Road.

The ancient Chinese legend that Tang dynasty rulers donned gold-plated armor in battle had long been mere myth—until now.

Digging down into the Earth, they hit a statue of what they first assumed to be the Buddha. Investigations by archaeologists ...

Writers in the Tang period described “golden armor,” but archaeologists had not previously had a physical example to examine. That gap is what makes this restoration notable: the conservation work ...

Below the skyscrapers rising up around Beijing lies an ancient secret: tombs from the capital's imperial past. TIME Beijing reporter Mia Turner investigates the latest treasures unearthed by China's ...