A new study has revealed more about the ancestral origins of the ancient practice, which involves mounting coffins on cliffs.

A new study shows that DNA from ancient hanging coffin practitioners in China is still present in the Bo ethnic group.

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe ...

In a cemetery in central China, a grave robber started to dig. The thief tunneled into an ancient tomb, stole some artifacts and vanished. The robbery, however, was only partially successful. When ...

The centerpiece of the exhibition “A Journey to Ancient Greece” at China’s Sanxingdui Museum is a life-size replica of the ...

Chinese archaeology : past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and ...

There’s a running joke on Chinese social media that Xi’an’s subway system has the worst feng shui—not because it’s cursed, but because the tracks have to twist and turn to avoid all the tombs buried ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient ruins of Houchengzui Stone City found six secret underground passageways used for defense, photos show. Photo from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the ...

Temporary dams (left) near the confluence of the Min and Jin Rivers in China’s Sichuan Province have allowed archaeologists to excavate more than 76,000 artifacts. Many of these artifacts belonged to ...

Tucked in the mountains of southeastern China sit the ruins of a large-scale manufacturing site. The centuries-old furnaces that once made iconic pottery now lie crumbling and abandoned. The ruins of ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...