Long before modern observatories and spacecraft, court scribes in ancient China were quietly building one of humanity’s first ...

What can today's scientists learn about astronomical phenomena from ancient texts?

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

A team of international researchers has uncovered fresh data on the world's earliest recorded solar eclipse using ancient Chinese texts. These findings could shed light on how the Earth's rotation has ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

This influential ancient monster from Chinese mythology predates the written word. This influential ancient monster from Chinese mythology predates the written word. Inspired by ancient bronze and ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

Researchers studying an ancient tomb in China have found direct evidence that cannabis was a staple food crop during the Tang dynasty more than 1,000 years ago. Previous research into the ...

The only reason such a detailed eclipse record survives is that ancient Chinese scholars believed unusual celestial phenomena ...

A rare 3,000-year-old gold mask has been uncovered, offering archeologists a glimpse into ancient Chinese culture. The mask was discovered by archeologists in ancient royal tombs in the province of ...