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

Thousands of years ago, Chinese astronomers used an ancient record of constellations and their coordinates to study the sky.

The Star Manual of Master Shi is an ancient Chinese star catalog now claimed by astronomers at the Chinese National ...

They found that the ancient star chart actually dates to 355 B.C. — 250 years earlier than previously thought — and that it ...

(Did the Great Wall of China work?) Not surprisingly, the autocratic emperor was the target of several assassination attempts. Perhaps in response, Shi Huangdi became obsessed with the idea of ...