The Xixia Imperial Tombs were built by the Tangut, an ethnic group that thrived in Northwest China between the 11th and 13th centuries.[Photo/Xinhua] On the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains in ...

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

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.

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 ...

Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

A star of Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang in China's Hebei province, the Tripod with Bear-shaped Feet, has taken the internet by storm after being dubbed the "ancient pressure cooker" by netizens.

In a prominent paper published in 1977,Xia drew on nearly 100 radiocarbon-dated samples to systematically establish absolute chronologies for Neolithic sites in China's Central Plains, the ...

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 ...

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