There is a field in Anyang, Henan Province, in central China, that archaeologists have been digging carefully for nearly a century. Beneath it lies Yinxu, the Ruins of Yin, the last capital of the ...

Bronzes are arguably the pinnacle of ancient Chinese art. Bronze items from the Shang (c.1600–1046 BC) and Zhou (1046–256 BC) dynasties were important ritual objects and symbols of power and were made ...

SHANGHAI — A jade dagger inscribed with a dragon and phoenix pattern. A plaque inlaid with a turquoise animal mask. An owl-shaped wine goblet that once belonged to the wife of Wu Ding, one of China’s ...