Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

China is the planet’s land of rising opportunity. In the wake of China’s rise, there is much for the Caribbean, Latin America ...

This is Shudao, or "Roads to Shu".Shu is a historical term roughly referring to present-day Sichuan province. The ancient ...

The Beijing Dabaotai Site Museum, located in the southwest of the capital, was built in situ atop an important archaeological ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons For centuries in China, men and women gathered to play a game called Cuju. Considered an ancient form of soccer ... Thus, during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 ...

Xuan paper is recognized by UNESCO and prized among Chinese artists. Now its largest manufacturer is trying to sell it ...

According to materials provided by the Luoyang Institute of Archaeology, Uzbekistan's Fergana region was a hub along the ancient Silk Road, with historical ties to China dating back over 2,000 years.

Scientists discovered ancient tombs in Toksun County, Xinjiang, China. Credit: jt Guan / CC BY 3.0 Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of ancient Qin and Han tombs in Toksun County near the city ...

Long Zhen, director of the Jinyang Ancient City Research ... were during the Tang dynasty. The figures painted on the tomb all appeared to be of the Han ethnicity—except for one: a figure ...

Ancient Chinese made various kinds of incense burners, among which the censer and Xun Long, a frame place over a censer for scenting clothes, were the most popular. The earlier incense burners ...