An extensive archaeological survey being conducted in northwest China resulted in the discovery of the Shang Dynasty’s ...

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

Study of Mogou vessels reveals diverse Bronze Age diets and early qu-based fermented drinks in northwest China.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Such tools older than 50,000 years are exceedingly rare in the region. A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden tools ...

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

China and Egypt have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on maritime archaeology and the protection of underwater cultural heritage. The agreement was signed on Thursday at the ...