The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging ...

An exhibition showcasing Tsinghua University's research and design work inspired by the ancient art of Dunhuang opened Monday ...

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

By Karen Taylor The famed silk roads, which connected ancient China to the rest of the world, were not so named until many ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

A new genetic study links China’s cliffside burials to their living descendants.

TAIYUAN — With her hair styled up and dressed in traditional attire, Ukrainian Karyna Kovalevska strolled through the ...

The ferry, named after monk seen as symbol of cultural exchange, has been suspended ‘due to a request from the Chinese side’, ...