Chinese archaeologists have uncovered four Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC) tombs in North China's Shanxi Province that have yielded a treasure trove of pottery and jade artifacts, offering new insight ...

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Jade Artifacts from Shang Dynasty, a book by Ding Zhe, a seasoned jade researcher, offers a glimpse into the variety of Shang jade and the formation of jade culture. ...

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 ...

Thanks to International Museum Day, two major exhibitions spotlighting ancient Chinese and Syrian civilizations are opening this month in Beijing, Ganzhou and Huzhou. Featuring hundreds of rare relics ...

The exceptional archeological find tells a tale about one of the earliest periods in China's long history. The gold mask was found in what is believed to be a royal tomb dating to the Shang Dynasty.

Archaeologists discovered 13,000 cultural relics during an excavation of the ancient site of Sanxingdui, near the city of Chengdu in China. The relics date from the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.E.-1046 B.C ...